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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-slīght', a.p. 932Excessively slight; too light or unsubstantial.
  2. 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.
  3. O'ver-slow', v. t.p. 932To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.
  4. Ō′ver-sman, n.p. 932An overseer; a superintendent. [Scot.] 2. (Scots Law.) An umpire. Burrill.
  5. Ō'ver-snōw', v. t.p. 932To cover with snow. 2. Hence, to whiten, as with snow; to make hoary.
  6. Ō'ver-sōon', adv.p. 932Too soon.
  7. Ō'ver-sŏr'rōw, v. t.p. 932To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.
  8. Ō'ver-spăn', v. t.p. 932To reach or extend over.
  9. O'ver-spēak', v. t.p. 932To speak longer than.
  10. Ō'ver-spēak', v. i.p. 932To speak too much; to use too many words.
  11. Ō'ver-spin', v. t.p. 933To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
  12. Ō′ver-sprēad′, v. t.p. 933To spread over; to cover over; as, the deluge overspread the earth. 2. To scatter over.
  13. Ō′ver-spread′, v. i.p. 933To be spread or scattered over.
  14. Ō'ver-sprĭng', v. t.p. 933To spring or leap over.
  15. 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…
  16. Ō'ver-stāre', v. i.p. 933To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.
  17. Ō'ver-stāte', v. t.p. 933To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
  18. Ō'ver-stāte'ment, n.p. 933An exaggerated statement or account.
  19. Ō/ver-stāy', v. t.p. 933To stay longer than; to stay beyond the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.
  20. Ō'ver-stĕp', v. t.p. 933To step over or beyond; to exceed.
  21. Ō'ver-stŏck, n.p. 933More than is sufficient; superabundance. Tatler.
  22. 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.
  23. Ō/ver-stōre′, v. t.p. 933To store with too much; to supply or fill with superabundance.
  24. Ō'vēr-stō'ry, n.p. 933(Arch.) The clear-story, or upper story.
  25. Ō'-ver-strāin', v. i.p. 933To strain to excess; to make too violent efforts. Dryden.
  26. Ō'/ver-strāin', v. t.p. 933To stretch too far. Ayliffe.
  27. Ō'ver-strāit'ly, adv.p. 933With excessive strictness; too straitly. [Obs.] He found himself overstraitly tied up by them with hard conditions. Raleigh.
  28. Ō'ver-straw', v. t.p. 933To overstrew. [Obs.]
  29. Ō'ver-strew', v. t.p. 933To spread or scatter over. Shak.
  30. Ō'ver-strĭct', a.p. 933Excessively strict; unnecessarily strict.
  31. Ō′ver-strīde′, v. t.p. 933To stride over, across, or beyond.
  32. Ō'ver-strīke', v. t.p. 933To strike beyond. [Obs.]
  33. Ō'ver-strōng', a.p. 933Unduly or excessively strong.
  34. Ō’ver-strōw’, v. t.p. 933To strow upon; to cover by strowing or spreading over.
  35. Ō'ver stū'di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 933Excessive studiousness.
  36. Ō'ver-stūffed', a.p. 933Stuffed to excess.
  37. O'ver-sūb'tile, a.p. 933Excessively subtile.
  38. Ō'ver-sūm, n.p. 933The sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  39. Ō′ver-sū′per-stĭ′tious, a.p. 933Excessively superstitious.
  40. Ō’ver-sup-plȳ’, v. t.p. 933To furnish more than is sufficient. Melmoth.
  41. 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.…
  42. Ō'ver-sure′, a.p. 933Excessively sure; too confident.
  43. Ō'ver-swarm'ing, a.p. 933Swarming to excess.
  44. Ō'ver-swāy', v. t.p. 933To overrule; to bear down; to control. Hooker.
  45. Ō'ver-swēll', v. t.p. 933To swell or rise above; to overflow. Shak.
  46. Ō'ver-swīft', a.p. 933Too swift.
  47. 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…
  48. 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.…
  49. Ō'ver-talk', v. i.p. 933To talk to excess. Milton.
  50. Ō'ver-task', v. t.p. 933To impose too heavy a task or injunction on.
  51. Ō'ver-tāx′, v. t.p. 933To tax too heavily or too far.
  52. Ō'ver-tē'di-ous, a.p. 933Too tedious.
  53. Ō'ver-tĕmpt', v. t.p. 933To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.
  54. Ō'ver-thrōw', v. t.p. 933To throw over; to upset; to turn upside down. 2. Hence, to ruin; to demolish; to defeat utterly; to rout; to destroy; to subvert. “When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.” Dryden. Syn.—To demolish…
  55. Ō'ver-thrōw, n.p. 933The act of overturning; the state of being overturned or turned off the basis. Dear dame, your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser.
  56. Ō'ver-thrōw'er, n.p. 933One who overthrows, defeats, or destroys.
  57. Ō'ver-thwart, a.p. 933Opposite; over the way or street. “Our overthwart neighbors.” Dryden. 2. Crossing at right angles. Entrance and access on all sides, by the felling of huge trees overthwart one another, was quite…
  58. Ō/ver-thwārt', prep.p. 933Across; from side to side of.
  59. Ō'ver-thwārt, n.p. 933That which thwarts; an unlucky circumstance. [Obs.] Surrey.
  60. Ō'ver-thwārt'ly, adv.p. 933Across; transversely. Peacham. 2. Perversely.