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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-nū'mer-oŭs, a.p. 931Excessively numerous.
  2. Ō'ver-of-fĕnd'ed, a.p. 931Offended to excess. Steele.
  3. Ō'ver-ŏf'fĭçe, v. t.p. 931To lord it over by virtue of an office. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. Ō'ver-of-fi'cious, a.p. 931Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too importunate. Collier.
  5. Ō'ver-pāint', v. t.p. 931To color or describe too - strongly. Hill.
  6. Ō'ver-päm'per, v. t.p. 931To pamper excessively; to make luxurious, as in dress and the like.
  7. Ō'ver-pärt', v. t.p. 931To overburden with duties; to give too important a part to. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  8. 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…
  9. 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.
  10. Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate, a.p. 931Passionate to excess.
  11. Ō'ver-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv.p. 931With too much passion.
  12. Ō'ver-pā'tient, a.p. 931Patient to excess.
  13. Ō'ver-pāy', v. t.p. 931To pay too much, or more than is due. 2. To reward beyond the price or merit. Prior.
  14. Ō'ver-peer’, v. t.p. 931To overlook; to hover over. [Obs.] Shak.
  15. Ō'ver-pēo'ple, v. t.p. 932To overstock with inhabitants.
  16. Ō'ver-pĕrch', v. t.p. 932To perch over or above; to fly over. Shak.
  17. Ō'ver-pĕr'emp-to-ry, a.p. 932Too peremptory.
  18. O'ver-per-suāde', v. t.p. 932To persuade or influence against one's inclination or opinion. Pope.
  19. Ō/ver-pĕs'ter, v. t.p. 932To pester exceedingly; to plague excessively. Raleigh.
  20. Ō'ver-piet'ūre, v. t.p. 932To exceed the representation or picture of; to picture or represent in an exaggerated manner. Shak.
  21. Ō'ver-plēase', v. t.p. 932To please excessively. “The original members of the assembly not overpleased thereat.” Fuller.
  22. 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.
  23. Ō'ver-ply', v. t.p. 932To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor. Milton.
  24. Ō'ver-poise', v. t.p. 932To outweigh. Browne.
  25. 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.
  26. Ō'ver-pŏl'ish, v. t.p. 932To polish too much. Blackwall.
  27. 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.
  28. Ō'ver-pōst', v. t.p. 932To hasten over quickly. Shak.
  29. Ō'ver-pō'tent, a.p. 932Excessively potent; too powerful.
  30. 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…
  31. Ō'ver-pow'er-ing-ly, adv.p. 932With superior force.
  32. Ō'ver-prāis'ing, n.p. 932Excessive praise.
  33. Ō'-ver-prĕss', v. t.p. 932To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Swift. 2. To overcome by importunity.
  34. Ō'ver-prize', v. t.p. 932To value or prize at too high a rate. Wotton.
  35. 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…
  36. Ō′ver-prŏmpt′, a.p. 932Too prompt; too ready or eager.
  37. Ō'ver-prōmpt'ness, n.p. 932Excessive promptness; precipitation.
  38. Ō'ver-pro-pōr'tion, v. t.p. 932To make of too great proportion.
  39. Ō'ver-proud', a.p. 932Exceedingly or unduly proud. “Overproud of his victory.” Milton.
  40. Ō'ver-prōv'i-dent, a.p. 932Too provident; lavish.
  41. Ō'ver-pro-vōke', v. t.p. 932To provoke excessively.
  42. 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.
  43. Ō'ver-quī'et-ness, n.p. 932Too much quietness.
  44. 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.
  45. Ō'ver-rānk', a.p. 932Too rank or luxuriant. Mortimer.
  46. Ō'ver-rāte', v. t.p. 932To rate at too much; to estimate at a value beyond the truth.
  47. O'ver-rāte, n.p. 932An excessive estimate or rate. [Rare.] “At what an overrate I had made purchase.” Massinger.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. Ō'ver-rēach', n.p. 932The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot.
  51. Ō'ver-reach'er, n.p. 932One who overreaches; one who deceives.
  52. Ō'ver-rēad', v. t.p. 932To read over; to re-peruse. [Obs.]
  53. O'ver-rēad'i-ly, adv.p. 932With too much readiness.
  54. O'ver-rēad'i-ness, n.p. 932Excess of readiness.
  55. Ō'ver-rēad'y, a.p. 932Too ready.
  56. O'ver-rĕck'on, v. t.p. 932To reckon, compute, or estimate too highly.
  57. Ō'ver-rĕd', v. t.p. 932To smear with a red color. [Obs.]
  58. O'ver-rēnt', v. t.p. 932To rent for too high a price; to demand too much rent for.
  59. Ō'ver-rīch', a.p. 932Excessively rich.
  60. Ō'/ver-rīde', v. t.p. 932To ride over, as a country. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To ride too much; to ride beyond the strength of the horse. 3. To ride too far, or beyond; to pass; to out-ride. I overrode him on the way. Shak. 4. To…