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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ō'ver-fōnd'ly, adv.p. 930In an overfond manner; with excessive fondness.
  2. Ō'ver-fōrçe, n.p. 930Excessive force; violence. [Rare.]
  3. Ō'ver-fôr'ward, a.p. 930Forward to excess.
  4. Ō'ver-fōr'ward-ness, n.p. 930Too great forwardness — or readiness; officiousness. Hale.
  5. Ō'ver-free',, a.p. 930Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar.
  6. Ō'ver-free'ly, adv.p. 930Too freely; with too great freedom.
  7. Ō/ver-freight′, v. t.p. 930To load too heavily; to fill with too great quantity or numbers; as, to overfreight a boat.
  8. Ō'ver-frē'quent, a.p. 930Too frequent.
  9. Ō'ver-frīēze', v. t.p. 930To overlay as with a frieze. “Bonnets . . . overfriezed with flat gold of damasks.” Hall.
  10. Ō'ver-frōnt', v. t.p. 930To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.
  11. Ō'ver-fruit'ful, a.p. 930Too fruitful; producing superabundant crops.
  12. Ō'ver-full', a.p. 930Too full.
  13. Ō'/ver-gāze', v. t. & i.p. 930To overlook. His altar the high places of the peaks Of earth's o’ergazing mountains. Byron.
  14. Ō'ver-gēt', v. t.p. 930To reach; to overtake. [Obs.]
  15. Ō'ver-gīld', v. t.p. 930To gild over; to varnish.
  16. Ō'ver-gird', v. t.p. 930To gird too closely. Milton.
  17. Ō'ver-gīve', v. t.p. 930To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] “And to the Saxons overgive their government.” Spenser.
  18. Ō'ver-glād', a.p. 930Excessively or unduly glad.
  19. Ō'ver-glănçe', v. t.p. 930To glance over; to run over — with the eye. Shak.
  20. Ō′ver-glīde′, v. t.p. 930To glide over.
  21. Ō/ver-glōom′, v. t.p. 930To cover over with gloom. “Touched and overgloomed by memories of sorrow.” De Quincey.
  22. Ō'ver-gō', v. t.p. 930To exceed; to surpass. Sidney. 2. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
  23. Ō′ver-gōrge′, v. t.p. 930To gorge to excess.
  24. O'ver-grāçe', v. t.p. 931To honor above measure. That you think to overgrace me with The marriage of your sister, troubles me. Beau. & Fl.
  25. Ō'ver-grāssed’, a.p. 931Overstocked with grass; overgrown with grass. [Obs.] Spenser.
  26. Ō'ver-grēat', a.p. 931Too great.
  27. Ō'ver-great'ness, n.p. 931Excessive greatness; too great size.
  28. Ō'ver-greed'y, a.p. 931Excessively greedy.
  29. Ō'ver-grōss', a.p. 931Excessively gross.
  30. Ō'ver-grōw', v. t.p. 931To cover with growth or herbage. The green used to be close shaved and rolled till it was as smooth as a velvet mantle; now it is rough and overgrown. W. Scott. 2. To grow beyond; to rise above.…
  31. Ō'ver-grōw', v. i.p. 931To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox. L'Estrange.
  32. O'ver-grōwth, n.p. 931Exuberant or excessive growth.
  33. O'ver-hāll', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]
  34. Ō'ver-hale', v. t.p. 931The same as OVERHAUL. [Obs.]
  35. Ō'ver-hānd', n.p. 931The upper hand; superiority; advantage. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.
  36. Ō'ver-hăn'dle, v. t.p. 931To handle too much; to mention too often. Shak.
  37. Ō'ver-hăng', v. t.p. 931To impend or hang over. 2. To jut or project over.
  38. O'ver-hăng', v. i.p. 931To jut over.
  39. Ō'ver-hăp'py, a.p. 931Exceedingly happy; too happy.
  40. Ō'ver-här'den, v. t.p. 931To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.
  41. Ō′ver-här′dy, a.p. 931Too hardy, bold, or confident.
  42. Ō'ver-hāste', n.p. 931Too great haste; precipitation.
  43. Ō'ver-hāst'i-ly, adv.p. 931In too much haste.
  44. Ō'ver-hāst'i-ness, n.p. 931Too much haste; precipitation.
  45. Ō'ver-hāst'y, a.p. 931Too hasty; precipitate.
  46. Ō'ver-haul', v. t.p. 931To draw or drag over. 2. To turn over for examination; to examine thoroughly with a view to repairs. 3. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
  47. Ō'ver-haul' or Ō'ver-haul'ing, n.p. 931A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
  48. Ō'ver-head', adv.p. 931Aloft; above; in the zenith or ceiling; in the story or upon the floor above.
  49. Ō'ver-hēar', v. t.p. 931To hear more than was intended or proper; to hear by accident, or without the consent of the speaker.
  50. Ō′ver-hēat′, v. t.p. 931To heat to excess.
  51. Ō'ver-hēav'y, a.p. 931Excessively heavy.
  52. Ō'ver-hēle', v. t.p. 931To cover over. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  53. Ō'ver-hĕnd', v. t.p. 931To overtake. [Obs.] Spenser.
  54. Ō'ver-hīgh', a.p. 931Too high.
  55. Ō'ver-hīgh'ly, adv.p. 931Too highly; to an excessive degree.
  56. Ō/ver-hĭp', v. t.p. 931To hop or leap over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] “When the time is overhipt.” Holland.
  57. Ō’ver-hŏn’est-ly, adv.p. 931With excessive or fastidious honesty; with too scrupulous regard for the appearance of honesty. Dryden.
  58. Ō'ver-in'flu-ence, v. t.p. 931To influence in an excessive degree; to have too much influence over.
  59. Ō'ver-in-fōrm', v. t.p. 931To exceed the dimensions of; to be more than sufficient to fill. “Wit so exuberant, that it overinforms its tenement.” Johnson.
  60. Ō'ver-is'sūe, n.p. 931An issuing to excess; as, the overissues of bank-notes; an issuing, as of notes, beyond the capital stock, or beyond the public wants.