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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ō'ver-rĕd', v. t. p. 932To smear with a red color. [Obs.]O'ver-rēnt', v. t. p. 932To rent for too high a price; to demand too much rent for.Ō'ver-rīch', a. p. 932Excessively rich.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…Ō/ver-right'eous, a. p. 932Pretending to great righteousness; austerely or rigidly upright.Ō'ver-rĭg'id, a. p. 932Too rigid; excessively strict.Ō'ver-rig'or-oūs, a. p. 932Excessively rigorous.Ō'ver-rīpe', a. p. 932Matured to excess.Ō'ver-rīp'en, v. t. p. 932To make too ripe.Ō/ver-rōast', v. t. p. 932To roast too much. Shak.Ō/ver-rūle′, v. t. p. 932<br>1. To influence or control by predominant power; to subject to superior authority.<br>His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon.<br>2. Hence, to control in such a way as to…Ō/ver-rūle’, v. i. p. 932To rule with superior or supreme power; to reign. 2. To rule so as to effect or accomplish one's own designs.Ō'ver-rul'er, n. p. 932One who controls, directs, or governs. Sidney.Ō/ver-rul'ing, p. a. p. 932Exerting superior and controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.Ō'ver-rūl'ing-ly, adv. p. 932Controllingly.Ōʹver-rūnʹ, v. t. p. 932To run or spread over in a prolific manner or in excess; to grow all over; — said especially of that which is noxious; as, the Canada thistle is overrunning the northern parts of New England, as it…Ō'ver-rūn', v. i. p. 932To become excessive or superabundant; to run over; to overflow. 2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line or page overruns.Ō'ver-rūn'ner, n. p. 932One that overruns.Ō'ver-sät'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 932To saturate to excess.Ō/ver-sāy', v. t. p. 932To say over; to repeat. [R.] Ford.Ō/ver-scent'ed, a. p. 932Scented excessively or unduly. 2. Covered over or concealed by a different odor. Sanders himself having the stink of his railing tongue over-scented with the fragrant ointment of this prince's…Ō'ver-scru'pu-lōs'i-ty, n. p. 932Excessive scrupulousness; overscrupulousness.Ō/ver-scru'pu-lōus, a. p. 932Scrupulous to excess.Ō/ver-scru'pu-lōus-ness, n. p. 932Excess of scrupulousness.Ō'ver-sēa, a. p. 932Foreign; from beyond sea. [Obs.]Ō'ver-sēa, adv. p. 932Abroad. “Notes were sent overseas for supply of arms.” Milton.Ō/ver-sēarch’, v. t. p. 932To search through or over; to look over; to examine thoroughly.Ō'ver-sēa'son, v. t. p. 932To season too highly.Ō/ver-see', v. t. p. 932To inspect so as to direct and control; to superintend; to overlook. 2. To pass unheeded; to omit; to neglect; to overpass. [Rare.] Hudibras.Ō/ver-see′, v. i. p. 932To see too far; to overreach one's self; to overshoot the mark. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. 2. To be blinded or mistaken. [Obs.] Your partiality to me is much…ō/ver-seer′, n. p. 932One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor. 2. An officer who has the care of the poor, or of an idiot, &c.Ō'ver-seer'ship, n. p. 932The office of an overseer.ō'ver-seethe', v. t. p. 932To seethe or boil over; to overflow. P. Fletcher.Ō'ver-sĕll', v. t. p. 932To sell for a higher price than; to go at a higher rate; to surpass. One whose beauty Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl.Ō'ver-sĕt', v. t. p. 932To turn from the proper position, foundation, or point of support; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upward; as, to overset a coach, a ship, or a building. 2. To subvert; to overthrow; as, to…Ō'ver-sĕt', v. i. p. 932To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall from the basis or bottom.Ō'ver-sĕt, n. p. 932An upsetting; ruin; overturn. 2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] With this overset of wealth and pomp . . . they became lazy and negligent in all the true concerns of the church. Burnet.Ō'ver-sew', v. t. p. 932To sew over and over; to sew, as two edges together, by drawing the needle through them and then passing it over the edge back to the side where the needle was previously inserted; to overcast.Ō'ver-shāde', v. t. p. 932To cover with shade; to cover with any thing that causes darkness; to render dark or gloomy. Dryden.Ō'ver-shād'ōw, v. t. p. 932To throw a shadow or shade over; to over-shade. 2. To shelter; to protect; to cover with protecting influence. Milton.O'-ver-shād'ōw-er, n. p. 932One that throws a shade or shadow over any thing. Bacon.Ō'ver-shād'ōw-y, a. p. 932Excessively or unduly shady.Ō'ver-shāk'e, v. t. p. 932To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ō'ver-shīne', v. t. p. 932To outshine. [Obs.] Shak.Ō'ver-shōe, n. p. 932A shoe worn over another; especially, a shoe of India-rubber, or other water-proof material, worn over another shoe to protect it from moisture.Ō'ver-shōot', v. t. p. 932To shoot beyond, as a mark. 2. To pass swiftly over. 3. To cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] Death! Colonel, I knew you were overshot. Chapman. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to…Overshot wheel p. 932a wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over, or flows upon the top of it, filling the buckets and acting by its weight only.Ō'ver-shōot', v. i. p. 932To fly beyond the mark.Ō'ver-sight, n. p. 932Watchful care; superintendence. 2. Mistake; an overlooking; omission; error. 3. A being overlooked; an escape. “His fool-happy oversight.” Spencer. Syn.—Superintendence; supervision; inspection…Ō'ver-sīze', v. t. p. 932To exceed or surpass in bulk or size. [Obs.] Sandys. 2. To cover with viscid matter. [Rare.] Shak.Ō'ver-skĭp′, v. t. p. 932To skip or leap over; to pass by leaping. Hooker. 2. To pass over. Donne. 3. To escape. Shak.Ō'ver-skĭp'per, n. p. 932One who overskips.Ō'ver-slaugh', n. p. 932A bar in a river rendering the passage of vessels difficult at low water; particularly, such a bar in the Hudson River, a little below Albany. [Amer.] Bartlett.Ō'ver-slaugh', v. t. p. 932To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or unexpected impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body, that is, to hinder or stop its passage by some opposition; to overslaugh a military…Ō'ver-sleep', v. t. p. 932To sleep beyond or by; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.Ō'ver-sleep', v. i. p. 932To sleep too long.Ō'ver-slīde', v. t. p. 932To slide over or by.Ō'ver-slīght', a. p. 932Excessively slight; too light or unsubstantial.Ō′ver-slip′, v. t. p. 932To slip or pass without notice; to pass undone, unnoticed, or unused; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.O'ver-slow', v. t. p. 932To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.