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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ō/ver-nīce′ly, adv. p. 931In an overnice manner; too nicely.Ō'ver-nīght', n. p. 931The time when evening is past and night is begun: more usually, the night following yesterday, or the previous evening. If I had given you this at overnight, She might have been o'ertaken. Shak.O'ver-nīght', adv. p. 931During the night; more usually, during the night previous, or the night following yesterday; yesterday night; last night. I had been telling her all that happened overnight. Dickens.Ōver-noise', v. t. p. 931To overpower by noise. [Obs.] Cowley.Ō'ver-nū'mer-oŭs, a. p. 931Excessively numerous.Ō'ver-of-fĕnd'ed, a. p. 931Offended to excess. Steele.Ō'ver-ŏf'fĭçe, v. t. p. 931To lord it over by virtue of an office. [Obs.] Shak.Ō'ver-of-fi'cious, a. p. 931Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too importunate. Collier.Ō'ver-pāint', v. t. p. 931To color or describe too - strongly. Hill.Ō'ver-päm'per, v. t. p. 931To pamper excessively; to make luxurious, as in dress and the like.Ō'ver-pärt', v. t. p. 931To overburden with duties; to give too important a part to. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Ō′ver-pāss′, v. t. p. 931To pass over; to neglect; to overlook; to disregard. All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed. Milton. 2. To go over; to cross; as, to overpass a river. 3. To omit; not…Ō′-ver-păss′, v. t. p. 931To pass away; to cease by passing away. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpassed. Psalm lvii. 1.Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate, a. p. 931Passionate to excess.Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv. p. 931With too much passion.Ō'ver-pā'tient, a. p. 931Patient to excess.Ō'ver-pāy', v. t. p. 931To pay too much, or more than is due. 2. To reward beyond the price or merit. Prior.Ō'ver-peer’, v. t. p. 931To overlook; to hover over. [Obs.] Shak.Ō'ver-pēo'ple, v. t. p. 932To overstock with inhabitants.Ō'ver-pĕrch', v. t. p. 932To perch over or above; to fly over. Shak.Ō'ver-pĕr'emp-to-ry, a. p. 932Too peremptory.O'ver-per-suāde', v. t. p. 932To persuade or influence against one's inclination or opinion. Pope.Ō/ver-pĕs'ter, v. t. p. 932To pester exceedingly; to plague excessively. Raleigh.Ō'ver-piet'ūre, v. t. p. 932To exceed the representation or picture of; to picture or represent in an exaggerated manner. Shak.Ō'ver-plēase', v. t. p. 932To please excessively. “The original members of the assembly not overpleased thereat.” Fuller.Ō'ver-plus, n. p. 932That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune. Addison.Ō'ver-ply', v. t. p. 932To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor. Milton.Ō'ver-poise', v. t. p. 932To outweigh. Browne.Ō'ver-poise, n. p. 932Preponderant weight. The moths, with that great overpoise of wings Which makes a mystery of them how at all They can stop flying. E. B. Browning.Ō'ver-pŏl'ish, v. t. p. 932To polish too much. Blackwall.Ō'ver-pōn'der-oūs, a. p. 932Too heavy; too depressing. Neither can I think that . . . you would impose upon me an unfit and overponderous argument. Milton.Ō'ver-pōst', v. t. p. 932To hasten over quickly. Shak.Ō'ver-pō'tent, a. p. 932Excessively potent; too powerful.Ō'ver-pow'er, v. t. p. 932To affect with a power or force that can not be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes. 2. To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in action or submission; to defeat. Syn.—To…Ō'ver-pow'er-ing-ly, adv. p. 932With superior force.Ō'ver-prāis'ing, n. p. 932Excessive praise.Ō'-ver-prĕss', v. t. p. 932To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Swift. 2. To overcome by importunity.Ō'ver-prize', v. t. p. 932To value or prize at too high a rate. Wotton.Ō'ver-pro-dūc'tion, n. p. 932Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. I know not of any economical facts . . . which can give rise to the opinion that a general overproduction of commodities ever presented itself in…Ō′ver-prŏmpt′, a. p. 932Too prompt; too ready or eager.Ō'ver-prōmpt'ness, n. p. 932Excessive promptness; precipitation.Ō'ver-pro-pōr'tion, v. t. p. 932To make of too great proportion.Ō'ver-proud', a. p. 932Exceedingly or unduly proud. “Overproud of his victory.” Milton.Ō'ver-prōv'i-dent, a. p. 932Too provident; lavish.Ō'ver-pro-vōke', v. t. p. 932To provoke excessively.Ō'ver-quēll′, v. t. p. 932To gain power over; to quell; to subdue. [Rare.] What champion now shall tame the power of hell, And the unruly spirits overquell? Bp. Hall.Ō'ver-quī'et-ness, n. p. 932Too much quietness.Ō'ver-rāke', v. t. p. 932(Naut.) To break in upon, as a ship; as, when the waves break in upon a ship at anchor, with her head to the sea, it is said, they over-rake her, or she is over-raked.Ō'ver-rānk', a. p. 932Too rank or luxuriant. Mortimer.Ō'ver-rāte', v. t. p. 932To rate at too much; to estimate at a value beyond the truth.O'ver-rāte, n. p. 932An excessive estimate or rate. [Rare.] “At what an overrate I had made purchase.” Massinger.Ō'/ver-rēach', v. t. p. 932To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond. 2. To deceive or get the better of by cunning, artifice, or sagacity; to cheat.O'ver-rēach', v. i. p. 932To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot, as horses are apt to do.Ō'ver-rēach', n. p. 932The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot.Ō'ver-reach'er, n. p. 932One who overreaches; one who deceives.Ō'ver-rēad', v. t. p. 932To read over; to re-peruse. [Obs.]O'ver-rēad'i-ly, adv. p. 932With too much readiness.O'ver-rēad'i-ness, n. p. 932Excess of readiness.Ō'ver-rēad'y, a. p. 932Too ready.O'ver-rĕck'on, v. t. p. 932To reckon, compute, or estimate too highly.