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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-sīze', v. t.p. 932To exceed or surpass in bulk or size. [Obs.] Sandys. 2. To cover with viscid matter. [Rare.] Shak.
  2. 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.
  3. Ō'ver-skĭp'per, n.p. 932One who overskips.
  4. 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.
  5. 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…
  6. Ō'ver-sleep', v. t.p. 932To sleep beyond or by; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.
  7. Ō'ver-sleep', v. i.p. 932To sleep too long.
  8. Ō'ver-slīde', v. t.p. 932To slide over or by.
  9. Ō'ver-slīght', a.p. 932Excessively slight; too light or unsubstantial.
  10. 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.
  11. O'ver-slow', v. t.p. 932To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.
  12. Ō′ver-sman, n.p. 932An overseer; a superintendent. [Scot.] 2. (Scots Law.) An umpire. Burrill.
  13. Ō'ver-snōw', v. t.p. 932To cover with snow. 2. Hence, to whiten, as with snow; to make hoary.
  14. Ō'ver-sōon', adv.p. 932Too soon.
  15. Ō'ver-sŏr'rōw, v. t.p. 932To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.
  16. Ō'ver-spăn', v. t.p. 932To reach or extend over.
  17. O'ver-spēak', v. t.p. 932To speak longer than.
  18. Ō'ver-spēak', v. i.p. 932To speak too much; to use too many words.
  19. Ō'ver-spin', v. t.p. 933To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
  20. Ō′ver-sprēad′, v. t.p. 933To spread over; to cover over; as, the deluge overspread the earth. 2. To scatter over.
  21. Ō′ver-spread′, v. i.p. 933To be spread or scattered over.
  22. Ō'ver-sprĭng', v. t.p. 933To spring or leap over.
  23. Ō′ver-stānd′, v. t.p. 933To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price, or hard conditions. [Obs.] Here they shall be if you refuse the price: What madman would o’erstand his…
  24. Ō'ver-stāre', v. i.p. 933To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.
  25. Ō'ver-stāte', v. t.p. 933To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
  26. Ō'ver-stāte'ment, n.p. 933An exaggerated statement or account.
  27. Ō/ver-stāy', v. t.p. 933To stay longer than; to stay beyond the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.
  28. Ō'ver-stĕp', v. t.p. 933To step over or beyond; to exceed.
  29. Ō'ver-stŏck, n.p. 933More than is sufficient; superabundance. Tatler.
  30. Ō′ver-stŏck′, v. t.p. 933To fill too full; to crowd; to supply with more than is wanted; as, to overstock a market with goods, a farm with cattle, or land with seed.
  31. Ō/ver-stōre′, v. t.p. 933To store with too much; to supply or fill with superabundance.
  32. Ō'vēr-stō'ry, n.p. 933(Arch.) The clear-story, or upper story.
  33. Ō'-ver-strāin', v. i.p. 933To strain to excess; to make too violent efforts. Dryden.
  34. Ō'/ver-strāin', v. t.p. 933To stretch too far. Ayliffe.
  35. Ō'ver-strāit'ly, adv.p. 933With excessive strictness; too straitly. [Obs.] He found himself overstraitly tied up by them with hard conditions. Raleigh.
  36. Ō'ver-straw', v. t.p. 933To overstrew. [Obs.]
  37. Ō'ver-strew', v. t.p. 933To spread or scatter over. Shak.
  38. Ō'ver-strĭct', a.p. 933Excessively strict; unnecessarily strict.
  39. Ō′ver-strīde′, v. t.p. 933To stride over, across, or beyond.
  40. Ō'ver-strīke', v. t.p. 933To strike beyond. [Obs.]
  41. Ō'ver-strōng', a.p. 933Unduly or excessively strong.
  42. Ō’ver-strōw’, v. t.p. 933To strow upon; to cover by strowing or spreading over.
  43. Ō'ver stū'di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 933Excessive studiousness.
  44. Ō'ver-stūffed', a.p. 933Stuffed to excess.
  45. O'ver-sūb'tile, a.p. 933Excessively subtile.
  46. Ō'ver-sūm, n.p. 933The sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  47. Ō′ver-sū′per-stĭ′tious, a.p. 933Excessively superstitious.
  48. Ō’ver-sup-plȳ’, v. t.p. 933To furnish more than is sufficient. Melmoth.
  49. Ō'ver-sup-plȳ', n.p. 933An excessive supply; a supply beyond demand. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities above the demand, so far as demand consists in means of payment, is thus shown to be an impossibility.…
  50. Ō'ver-sure′, a.p. 933Excessively sure; too confident.
  51. Ō'ver-swarm'ing, a.p. 933Swarming to excess.
  52. Ō'ver-swāy', v. t.p. 933To overrule; to bear down; to control. Hooker.
  53. Ō'ver-swēll', v. t.p. 933To swell or rise above; to overflow. Shak.
  54. Ō'ver-swīft', a.p. 933Too swift.
  55. O'vert, a.p. 933Open to view; public; apparent. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. Bacon. 2. (Law.) Not covert; open; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. How else could it be that a market overt for…
  56. Ō'/ver-tāke', v. t.p. 933To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch. Had he not in his extremest need Been helped through the swiftness of his steed, He had him overtaken in his flight. Spenser. 2.…
  57. Ō'ver-talk', v. i.p. 933To talk to excess. Milton.
  58. Ō'ver-task', v. t.p. 933To impose too heavy a task or injunction on.
  59. Ō'ver-tāx′, v. t.p. 933To tax too heavily or too far.
  60. Ō'ver-tē'di-ous, a.p. 933Too tedious.