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Overreach (ōvẽrrēch), n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
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Overreacher (?), n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.
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Overread (?), v. t. To read over, or peruse. Shak.
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Overready (?), a. Too ready. -- Overreadily (#), adv. -- Overreadiness, n.
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Overreckon (?), v. t. To reckon too highly.
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Overred (?), v. t. To smear with red. [Obs.]
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Overrefine (?), v. t. To refine too much.
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Overrefinement (?), n. Excessive refinement.
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Overrent (?), v. t. To rent for too much.
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Overrich (?), a. Exccessively rich.
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Override (?), v. t. [imp. Overrode (?); p. p. Overridden (?), Overrode, Overrid (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offerīdan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. Chaucer.
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2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
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3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
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4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
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5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
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I overrode him on the way. Shak.
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6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
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Overrigged (?), a. Having too much rigging.
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Overrighteous (?), a. Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
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Overrigid (?), a. Too rigid; too severe.
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Overrigorous (?), a. Too rigorous; harsh.
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Overripe (?), a. Matured to excess. Milton.
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Overripen (?), v. t. To make too ripe. Shak.
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Overroast (?), v. t. To roast too much. Shak.
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Overrule (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overruled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling.] 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
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2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
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His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon.
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These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.
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3. (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
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Overrule, v. i. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. Shak.
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Overruler (?), n. One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney.
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Overruling, a. Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. -- Overrulingly, adv.
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Overrun (?), v. t. [imp. Overran (?); p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ] 1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
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Those barbarous nations that overran the world. Spenser.
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2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
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Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23.
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3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
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☞ In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
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4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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None of them the feeble overran. Spenser.
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5. (Print.) (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.
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Overrun, v. i. 1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
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Despised and trodden down of all that overran. Spenser.
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2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
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Overrunner (?), n. One that overruns. Lovelace.
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Oversaturate (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To saturate to excess.
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Oversay (?), v. t. To say over; to repeat. Ford.
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Overscented (?), a. 1. Scented excessively.
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2. Covered or concealed by a different odor. Fuller.
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Overscrupulosity (?), n. Overscrupulousness.
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Overscrupulous (?), a. Scrupulous to excess.
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Overscrupulousness, n. The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.
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Oversea (?), a. Beyond the sea; foreign.
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{ Oversea (?), Overseas (?), } adv. Over the sea; abroad. Milton. Tennyson.
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Oversearch (?), v. t. To search all over.
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Overseason (?), v. t. To season too highly.
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Oversee (?), v. t. [imp. Oversaw (?); p. p. Overseen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See , and .]
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1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}.
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2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}. [archaic] Spenser.
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3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to .
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Oversee, v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
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The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller.
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Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
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Overseer (?), n. One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
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Overseership, n. The office of an overseer.
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Oversell (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oversold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overselling. ] 1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.
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One whose beauty
Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl.
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2. To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers' Cant]
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Coloq. Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold “short” to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.
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Overset (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden.
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2. To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.
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3. To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell.
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Overset, v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.
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Overset (?), n. 1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
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2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] “This overset of wealth and pomp. ” Bp. Burnel.
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oversewn adj. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together.)
Syn. -- overhand.
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oversexed adj. Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.
Syn. -- highly-sexed.
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Overshade (?), v. t. [AS. ofersceadwian. See , and , and cf. .] To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
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Overshadow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshadowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ] [Cf. . ] 1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
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There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7.
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2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than. Milton.
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3. To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival.
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Overshadower (?), n. One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon.
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Overshadowy (?), a. Overshadowing. [R.]
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Overshake (?), v. t. To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Overshine (?), v. t. 1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak.
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2. To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.
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Overshoe (?), n. A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galosh.
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Overshoot (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.] 1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. “Not to overshoot his game.” South.
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2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
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2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
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3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper.
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Coloq. To overshoot one's self , to venture too far; to assert too much.
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Overshoot, v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
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Overshot (?), a. From , v. t.
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Coloq. Overshot wheel , a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight.
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Overshot, a. (Zoöl.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.
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Oversight (?), n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
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2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker.
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3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] “His fool-happy oversight.” Spenser.
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Syn. -- Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
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oversimplified adj. simplified excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications. Contrasted with overcomplicated.
Syn. -- simplistic.
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oversimplify v. t. to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications; as, Don't oversimplify the rules.
Syn. -- make too simple.
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Oversize (?), v. t. To surpass in size.
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Oversize, v. t. To cover with viscid matter. [R.]
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O'ersized with coagulate gore. Shak.
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Overskip (?), v. t. To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. Shak.
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Overskirt (?), n. An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
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Overslaugh (?), n. [D. overslag.] A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
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Overslaugh, v. t. [D. overslaan.] To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment. [Local Cant, U. S.]
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Oversleep (?), v. t. To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.
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Oversleep, v. i. To sleep too long.
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Overslide (?), v. t. To slide over or by.
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Overslip (?), v. t. To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
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Overslop (?), n. [AS. oferslop.] An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Overslow (?), v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.
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Overslow, a. Too slow.
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Oversman (?), n.; pl. Oversmen (�). 1. An overseer; a superintendent.
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2. (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.
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Oversnow (?), v. t. To cover with snow, or as with snow. [Poetic] Shak. Dryden.
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Oversoon (?), adv. Too soon. Sir P. Sidney.
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Oversorrow (?), v. t. To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.
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Oversoul (?), n. The all-containing soul. [R.]
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That unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.
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Oversow (?), v. t. [AS. ofersawan.] To sow where something has already been sown. [R.]
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His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat. Matt. xiii. 25. (Douay Version).
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Overspan (?), v. t. To reach or extend over.
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Overspeak (?), v. t. & i. [AS. ofersprecan.] To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.
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Overspin (?), v. t. To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. W. Cartwright.
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Overspread (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. ofersprǣdan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer.
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Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world. Drayton.
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Overspread, v. i. To be spread or scattered over.
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Overspring (?), v. t. To spring or leap over.
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Overstand (?), v. t. To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.]
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What madman would o'erstand his market twice? Dryden.
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Overstare (?), v. t. To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.
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Overstare, v. i. To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.
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Overstate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstating.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
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overstated adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; exaggerated; as, They made overstated accusations of corruption.
Syn. -- exaggerated, overdone.
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Overstatement (?), n. An exaggerated statement or account.
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Overstay (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayed (?) or Overstaid (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.] To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. Bp. Hall.
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Overstep (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstepped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstepping.] [AS. ofersteppan.] To step over or beyond; to transgress; as, to overstep the bounds of propriety. Shak.
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Overstock (?), n. Stock in excess. Tatler.
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Overstock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstocking.] To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
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Overstore (?), v. t. To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.
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Over-story (?), n. (Arch.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
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Overstrain (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Overstrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstraining.] To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.
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Overstrain, v. t. To stretch or strain too much; as, to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.
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Overstraitly (?), adv. Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
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Overstraw (?), v. t. To overstrew. [Obs.] Shak.
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Overstrew (?), v. t. To strew or scatter over.
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Overstrict (?), a. Excessively strict.
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Overstride (?), v. t. To stride over or beyond.
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Overstrike (?), v. t. To strike beyond. [Obs.]
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Overstrow (?), v. t. See .
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Overstudious (?), a. Too studious.
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Oversubtile, Oversubtle (?), a. Excessively subtle.
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Oversum (?), n. A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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Oversupply (?), v. t. To supply in excess.
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Oversupply, n. An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
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A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill.
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Oversure (?), a. Excessively sure.
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Oversway (?), v. t. To bear sway over.
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Overswell (?), v. t. & i. To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak.
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overt (ōvẽrt or ōvẽrt), a. [OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt. also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover. Perh. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir to cover. Cf. , .]
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1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Opposite of hidden.
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Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. Bacon.
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2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. Macaulay.
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No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. Constitution of the U. S.
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☞ In criminal law, an overt act is an open act done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.
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Overtake (?), v. t. [imp. Overtook (?); p. p. Overtaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]
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1. To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; also, to catch up with and move ahead of.
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Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. Gen. xliv. 4.
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He had him overtaken in his flight. Spenser.
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2. Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as, although out of school for half a year due to illness, the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian.
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3. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
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If a man be overtaken in a fault. Gal. vi. 1
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I shall see
The winged vengeance overtake such children. Shak.
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4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] Holland.
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5. To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events.
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Overtalk (?), v. i. To talk to excess. Milton.
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Overtask (?), v. t. To task too heavily.
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Overtax (?), v. t. To tax or to task too heavily; as, a job that overtaxed his physical energies.
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Overtedious (?), a. Too tedious.
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Overtempt (?), v. t. To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.
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over-the-counter adj. 1. able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with prescription. [prenominal]
Syn. -- nonprescription(prenominal).
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2. (Finance) not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through private negotiations between buyer and seller; -- of securities; as, over-the-counter stocks.
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Overthrow (?), v. t. [imp. Overthrew (?); p. p. Overthrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
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His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
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When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden.
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[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak.
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3. (Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.
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Syn. -- To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
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Overthrow (?), n. 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.
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Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser.
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