Overdrive
Overdrive, ō-vėr-drīv′, v.t. to drive too hard.
English · e-38699-1409 · brief source recordHistorical source · 1908
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Overdrive, ō-vėr-drīv′, v.t. to drive too hard.
English · e-38699-1409 · brief source recordOverdrop, ō-vėr-drop′, v.t. to drop over: to overhang.
English · e-38699-1410 · brief source recordOverdue, ō-vėr-dū′, adj. due beyond the time: unpaid at the right time.
English · e-38699-1411 · brief source recordOverdye, ō-vėr-dī′, v.t. to dye too deeply.
English · e-38699-1412 · brief source recordOverearnest, ō′vėr-ėr′nest, adj. too earnest.
English · e-38699-1413 · brief source recordOvereat, ō-vėr-ēt′, v.t. to surfeit with eating (generally reflexive): (Shak.) to eat over again.
English · e-38699-1414 · brief source recordOverentreat, ō-vėr-en-trēt′, v.t. to entreat to excess.
English · e-38699-1415 · brief source recordOverestimate, ō-vėr-es′tim-āt, v.t. to estimate too highly.—n. an excessive estimate.—n. Overestimā′tion.
English · e-38699-1416 · brief source recordOverexcite, ō′vėr-ek-sīt′, v.t. to excite unduly.—n. Overexcite′ment.
English · e-38699-1417 · brief source recordOvereye, ō-vēr-ī′, v.t. (Shak.) to overlook or superintend: (Shak.) to observe or remark.
English · e-38699-1421 · brief source recordOverfall, ō′vėr-fawl, n. a rippling or race in the sea, where, by the peculiarities of bottom, the water is propelled with immense force, esp. when the wind and tide, or current, set strongly together.
English · e-38699-1422Overfar, ō-vėr-fär′, adv. (Shak.) to too great an extent.
English · e-38699-1423 · brief source recordOverfast, ō-vėr-fast′, adj. too fast: at too great speed.
English · e-38699-1424 · brief source recordOverfeed, ō-vėr-fēd′, v.t. and v.i. to feed to excess.
English · e-38699-1425 · brief source recordOverfill, ō-vėr-fil′, v.t. to fill to excess.
English · e-38699-1426 · brief source recordOverfineness, ō′vėr-fīn′nes, n. excessive fineness.
English · e-38699-1427 · brief source recordOverfired, ō-vėr-fīrd′, adj. overheated in firing.
English · e-38699-1428 · brief source recordOverfish, ō-vėr-fish′, v.t. to fish to excess: to diminish unduly the stock of fish.
English · e-38699-1429 · brief source recordOverflourish, ō′vėr-flur′ish, v.t. to make excessive flourish of: to decorate superficially.
English · e-38699-1430 · brief source recordOverflow, ō-vėr-flō′, v.t. to flow over: to flood: to overwhelm: to cover, as with numbers.—v.i. to run over: to abound.—n. O′verflow, a flowing over: that which flows over: a pipe or channel for spare water, &c.: an inu
English · e-38699-1431Overfly, ō′vėr-flī′, v.t. to soar beyond.
English · e-38699-1432 · brief source recordOverfold, ō′vėr-fōld, n. (geol.) a reflexed or inverted fold in strata.
English · e-38699-1433 · brief source recordOverfond, ō-vėr-fond′, adj. fond to excess.—adv. Overfond′ly.
English · e-38699-1434 · brief source recordOverforward, ō-vėr-for′wärd, adj. too forward or officious.—n. Overfor′wardness.
English · e-38699-1435 · brief source recordOverfreight, ō-vėr-frāt′, v.t. to overload.
English · e-38699-1436 · brief source recordOverfull, ō-vėr-fool′, adj. (Shak.) too full.—n. Overfull′ness.
English · e-38699-1437 · brief source recordOvergaze, ō-vėr-gāz′, v.t. to gaze or look over.
English · e-38699-1438 · brief source recordOverget, ō-vėr-get′, v.t. (obs.) to reach, overtake: to get over.
English · e-38699-1439 · brief source recordOvergive, ō-vėr-giv′, v.t. (Spens.) to give over or surrender.—v.i. to give too lavishly.
English · e-38699-1440 · brief source recordOverglance, ō-vėr-glans′, v.t. (Shak.) to look hastily over.
English · e-38699-1441 · brief source recordOverglaze, ō-vėr-glāz′, v.t. to glaze over: decorate superficially.—adj. suitable for painting on glazed articles.—n. O′verglaze, an additional glaze given to porcelain, &c.
English · e-38699-1442Overgloom, ō-vėr-glōōm′, v.t. to cover with gloom.
English · e-38699-1443 · brief source recordOvergo, ō-vėr-gō′, v.t. to exceed: excel: to go over: to cover.—v.i. to go over: to pass away.
English · e-38699-1444 · brief source recordOvergorge, ō-vėr-gorj′, v.t. (Shak.) to gorge to excess.
English · e-38699-1445 · brief source recordOvergrain, ō-vėr-grān′, v.t. and v.i. to grain over a surface already grained.—n. Overgrain′er, a long-bristled brush used in graining wood.
English · e-38699-1446Overgrassed, ō-vėr-grast′, adj. (Spens.) overstocked or overgrown with grass.
English · e-38699-1447 · brief source recordOvergreedy, ō-vėr-grēd′i, adj. excessively greedy.
English · e-38699-1448 · brief source recordOvergreen, ō-vėr-grēn′, v.t. (Shak.) to cover over so as to hide blemishes.
English · e-38699-1449 · brief source recordOverground, ō′vėr-grownd, adj. being above ground.
English · e-38699-1450 · brief source recordOvergrow, ō-vėr-grō′, v.t. to grow beyond: to rise above: to cover with growth.—v.i. to grow beyond the proper size.—adj. Overgrown′, grown beyond the natural size.—n. O′vergrowth.
English · e-38699-1451Overhail, ō-vėr-hāl′, v.t. Same as Overhaul.
English · e-38699-1452 · brief source recordOverhair, ō′vėr-hār, n. the long hair overlying the fur of many animals.
English · e-38699-1453 · brief source recordOverhand, ō′vėr-hand, adj. having the hand raised above the elbow or over the ball at cricket (also O′verhanded): above the shoulder at baseball: (min.) done from below upward.—adv. with the hand over the object.—v.t. to
English · e-38699-1454Overhandle, ō-vėr-han′dl, v.t. (Shak.) to handle or mention too often.
English · e-38699-1455 · brief source recordOverhang, ō-vėr-hang′, v.t. to hang over: to project over: to impend: to overlade with ornamentation.—v.i. to hang over.—n. O′verhang, a projecting part, the degree of projection, of roofs, &c.—adj. Overhung′, covered ov
English · e-38699-1456Overhappy, ō-vėr-hap′i, adj. excessively or too happy.
English · e-38699-1457 · brief source recordOverhasty, ō-vėr-hās′ti, adj. too hasty or rash.—adv. Overhas′tily.—n. Overhas′tiness.
English · e-38699-1458 · brief source recordOverhaul, ō-vėr-hawl′, v.t. to haul or draw over: to turn over for examination: to examine: to re-examine: (naut.) to overtake in a chase.—n. O′verhaul, a hauling over: examination: repair.—Overhaul a ship, to overtake a
English · e-38699-1459Overhead, ō′vėr-hed, adv. over the head: aloft: in the zenith: per head.—adj. situated above.
English · e-38699-1460 · brief source recordOverhear, ō-vėr-hēr′, v.t. to hear what was not intended to be heard: to hear by accident: (Shak.) to hear over again.
English · e-38699-1461 · brief source recordOverheat, ō-vėr-hēt′, v.t. to heat to excess.—n. O′verheat, extreme heat.
English · e-38699-1462 · brief source recordOverhend, ō-vėr-hend′, v.t. (Spens.) to overtake.
English · e-38699-1463 · brief source recordOverhold, ō-vėr-hōld′, v.t. (Shak.) to overvalue.
English · e-38699-1464 · brief source recordOverhours, ō′vėr-owrz, n.pl. time beyond the regular number of hours: overtime in labour.
English · e-38699-1465 · brief source recordOverhouse, ō′vėr-hows, adj. stretched along the roofs, rather than on poles or underground.
English · e-38699-1466 · brief source recordOverinform, ō-vėr-in-form′, v.t. to animate too much.
English · e-38699-1467 · brief source recordOverissue, ō-vėr-ish′ū, v.t. to issue in excess, as bank-notes or bills of exchange.—n. O′verissue, any excessive issue.
English · e-38699-1468Overjoy, ō-vėr-joi′, v.t. to fill with great joy: to transport with delight or gladness.—n. O′verjoy, joy to excess: transport.
English · e-38699-1469Overjump, ō-vėr-jump′, v.t. to jump beyond: to pass by: neglect.
English · e-38699-1470 · brief source recordOverkind, ō-vėr-kīnd′, adj. excessively kind.—n. Overkind′ness.
English · e-38699-1471 · brief source recordOverking, ō′vėr-king, n. a king holding sway over inferior kings or princes.
English · e-38699-1472 · brief source recordOverknee, ō′vėr-nē, adj. reaching above the knee, as waders, &c.
English · e-38699-1473 · brief source recordOverlabour, ō-vėr-lā′bur, v.t. to labour excessively over: to be too nice with: to overwork.
English · e-38699-1474 · brief source recordOverlade, ō-vėr-lād′, v.t. to load with too great a burden.
English · e-38699-1475 · brief source recordOverlaid, ō-vėr-lād′, adj. (her.) lapping over.
English · e-38699-1476 · brief source recordOverland, ō′vėr-land, adj. passing entirely or principally by land, as a route, esp. that from England to India by the Suez Canal, rather than by the Cape of Good Hope.
English · e-38699-1477Overlap, ō-vėr-lap′, v.t. to lap over: to lay so that the edge of one rests on that of another.—n. O′verlap (geol.), a disposition of strata where the upper beds extend beyond the bottom beds of the same series.
English · e-38699-1478Overlaunch, ō-vėr-lawnsh′, v.t. to unite timbers by long splices or scarfs.
English · e-38699-1479 · brief source recordOverlay, ō-vėr-lā′, v.t. to spread over or across: to cover completely: to smother by lying on (for overlie): to use overlays in printing: to cloud: to overwhelm or oppress: to span by means of a bridge.—ns. O′verlay, a
English · e-38699-1480Overleaf, ō′vėr-lēf, adv. on the other side of the leaf of a book.
English · e-38699-1481 · brief source recordOverleap, ō-vėr-lēp′, v.t. to leap over: to pass over without notice.—Overleap one's self, to make too much effort in leaping: to leap too far.
English · e-38699-1482Overleather, ō′vėr-leth-ėr, n. (Shak.) the upper part of a shoe or boot.
English · e-38699-1483 · brief source recordOverleaven, ō-vėr-lev′n, v.t. to leaven too much: to mix too much with.
English · e-38699-1484 · brief source recordOverlie, ō-vėr-lī′, v.t. to lie above or upon: to smother by lying on.
English · e-38699-1485 · brief source recordOverlive, ō-vėr-liv′, v.t. (B.) to live longer than: to survive.—v.i. to live too long: to live too fast, or so as prematurely to exhaust the fund of life.
English · e-38699-1486Overload, ō-vėr-lōd′, v.t. to load or fill overmuch.—n. an excessive load.
English · e-38699-1487 · brief source recordOverlock, ō-vėr-lok′, v.t. to make the bolt of a lock go too far.
English · e-38699-1488 · brief source recordOverlong, ō-vėr-long′, adj. too long.
English · e-38699-1489 · brief source recordOverlook, ō-vėr-look′, v.t. to look over: to see from a higher position: to view carefully: to neglect by carelessness or inadvertence: to pass by without punishment: to pardon: to slight: to bewitch by looking upon with
English · e-38699-1490Overlord, ō-vėr-lawrd′, n. a lord over other lords: a feudal superior.—n. Overlord′ship.
English · e-38699-1491 · brief source recordOverlusty, ō-vėr-lust′i, adj. (Shak.) too lusty.
English · e-38699-1492 · brief source recordOverly, ō′vėr-li, adv. (coll.) excessively, too.
English · e-38699-1493 · brief source recordOverlying, ō′vėr-lī′ing, adj. lying on the top.
English · e-38699-1494 · brief source recordOverman, ō′vėr-man, n. in mining, the person in charge of the work below ground.
English · e-38699-1495 · brief source recordOverman, ō-vėr-man′, v.t. to keep more men than necessary on a ship, farm, &c.
English · e-38699-1496 · brief source recordOvermantel, ō′vėr-man-tl, n. a frame containing shelves and other decorations, and often a mirror, set on a mantel-shelf.
English · e-38699-1497Overmasted, ō-vėr-mast′ed, adj. furnished with a mast or masts too long or too heavy.
English · e-38699-1498 · brief source recordOvermaster, ō-vėr-mas′tėr, v.t. to subdue, to govern: to get and keep in one's power.
English · e-38699-1499 · brief source recordOvermatch, ō-vėr-mach′, v.t. to be more than a match for: to conquer.—n. O′vermatch, one who is more than a match: one who cannot be overcome.
English · e-38699-1500Overmeasure, ō′vėr-mezh-ūr, n. something given over the due measure.—v.t. to measure too largely.
English · e-38699-1501 · brief source recordOvermellow, ō-vėr-mel′lō, adj. (Tenn.) excessively or too mellow.
English · e-38699-1502 · brief source recordOvermount, ō-vėr-mownt′, v.t. to surmount: to go higher than.—n. O′vermount, a piece of cardboard cut in proper shape, to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.
English · e-38699-1503Overmuch, ō-vėr-much′, adj. and adv. too much.
English · e-38699-1504 · brief source recordOvermultitude, ō-vėr-mul′ti-tūd, v.t. (Milt.) to outnumber.—v.t. Overmul′tiply, to repeat too often.—v.i. to increase to excess.
English · e-38699-1505Overname, ō-vėr-nām′, v.t. (Shak.) to name over: to name in a series, to recount.—n. O′vername, a surname, nickname.
English · e-38699-1506 · brief source recordOverneat, ō-vėr-nēt′, adj. unnecessarily neat.
English · e-38699-1507 · brief source recordOvernet, ō-vėr-net′, v.t. to cover with a net.
English · e-38699-1508 · brief source recordOvernice, ō-vėr-nīs′, adj. fastidious.—adv. Overnice′ly.
English · e-38699-1509 · brief source recordOvernight, ō′vėr-nīt, n. the forepart of the evening, esp. that of the day just past.—adv. during the night: on the evening of the day just past.
English · e-38699-1510Overoffice, ō-vėr-of′is, v.t. (Shak.) to lord it over by virtue of an office.
English · e-38699-1511 · brief source recordOverpart, ō-vėr-part′ v.t. to assign too difficult a part to.
English · e-38699-1512 · brief source recordOverpass, ō-vėr-pas′, v.t. to pass over: to pass by without notice.—pa.p. Overpast′ (B.), that has already passed.
English · e-38699-1513 · brief source recordOverpay, ō-vėr-pā′, v.t. to pay too much: to be more than an ample reward for.—n. Overpay′ment.
English · e-38699-1514 · brief source recordOverpeer, ō-vėr-pēr′, v.t. (Shak.) to overlook: to look down on: to hover above.
English · e-38699-1515 · brief source recordOverpeople, ō-vėr-pē′pl, v.t. to fill with too many inhabitants.—Also Overpop′ulate.
English · e-38699-1516 · brief source recordOverperch, ō-vėr-pėrch′, v.t. (Shak.) to perch or fly over.
English · e-38699-1517 · brief source recordOverpersuade, ō-vėr-pėr-swād′, v.t. to persuade a person against his inclination.
English · e-38699-1518 · brief source recordOverpicture, ō-vėr-pik′tūr, v.t. to exceed the picture of: to exaggerate.
English · e-38699-1519 · brief source recordOverplate, ō′vėr-plāt, n. in armour, a large pauldron protecting the shoulder, or a cubitière protecting the elbow.
English · e-38699-1520 · brief source recordOverplus, ō′vėr-plus, n. that which is more than enough: surplus.
English · e-38699-1521 · brief source recordOverply, ō-vėr-plī′, v.t. to ply to excess.
English · e-38699-1522 · brief source recordOverpoise, ō′vėr-poiz, v.t. to outweigh.—n. O′verpoise, a weight sufficient to weigh another down.
English · e-38699-1523 · brief source recordOverpost, ō-vėr-post′, v.t. (Shak.) to hasten over quickly.
English · e-38699-1524 · brief source recordOverpower, ō-vėr-pow′ėr, v.t. to have or gain power over: to subdue, defeat: to overwhelm.—adj. Overpow′ering, excessive in degree or amount: irresistible.—adv. Overpow′eringly.
English · e-38699-1525Overpraise, ō-vėr-prāz′, v.t. to praise too much.—n. Overprais′ing, excessive praise.
English · e-38699-1526 · brief source recordOverpress, ō-vėr-pres′, v.t. to overwhelm, to crush: to overcome by importunity.—n. Overpress′ure, excessive pressure.
English · e-38699-1527 · brief source recordOverprize, ō-vėr-prīz′, v.t. to value too highly: to surpass in value.
English · e-38699-1528 · brief source recordOverproduction, ō′vėr-pro-duk-shun, n. the act of producing a supply of commodities in excess of the demand.
English · e-38699-1529 · brief source recordOverproof, ō′vėr-proof, adj. containing more than a certain amount of alcohol, stronger than proof-spirit, the standard by which all mixtures of alcohol and water are judged—containing 57.27 per cent. by volume, and 49.5
English · e-38699-1530Overproud, ō-vėr-prowd′, adj. too proud.
English · e-38699-1531 · brief source recordOverpurchase, ō-vėr-pur′chās, n. a dear bargain.—v.i. (obs.) to pay too dear a price.
English · e-38699-1532 · brief source recordOverrack, ō-vėr-rak′, v.t. to torture beyond bearing.
English · e-38699-1533 · brief source recordOverrake, ō-vėr-rāk′, v.t. to sweep over, as a vessel by a wave.
English · e-38699-1534 · brief source recordOverrank, ō-vėr-rangk′, adj. too rank or luxurious.
English · e-38699-1535 · brief source recordOverrate, ō-vėr-rāt′, v.t. to rate or value too high.—n. O′verrate, an excessive estimate or rate.
English · e-38699-1536 · brief source recordOverreach, ō-vėr-rēch′, v.t. to reach or extend beyond: to cheat or get the better of.—v.i. to strike the hindfoot against the forefoot, as a horse.
English · e-38699-1537Overread, ō-vėr-rēd′, v.t. (Shak.) to read over, to peruse.—adj. Overread (ō-vėr-red′), having read too much.
English · e-38699-1538 · brief source recordOverred, ō-vėr-red′, v.t. (Shak.) to smear with a red colour.
English · e-38699-1540 · brief source recordOverrefine, ō-vėr-rē-fīn′, v.i. to refine too much.—n. Overrefine′ment, any over subtle or affected refinement.
English · e-38699-1541 · brief source recordOverrent, ō-vėr-rent′, v.i. to exact too high a rent.
English · e-38699-1542 · brief source recordOverride, ō-vėr-rīd′, v.t. to ride too much: to pass on horseback: to trample down or set aside.—Override one's commission, to act with too high a hand: to stretch one's authority too far.
English · e-38699-1543Overripen, ō-vėr-rīp′n, v.t. (Shak.) to make too ripe.—adj. Overripe′, too ripe, more than ripe.
English · e-38699-1544 · brief source recordOverroast, ō-vēr-rōst′, v.t. to roast too much.
English · e-38699-1545 · brief source recordOverrule, ō-vėr-rōōl′, v.t. to rule over: to influence or to set aside by greater power: (law) to reject or declare to be invalid.—v.i. to prevail.—n. Overrul′er.—adv. Overrul′ingly.
English · e-38699-1546Overrun, ō-vėr-run′, v.t. to run or spread over: to grow over: to spread over and take possession of: to crush down: (B.) to run faster than: to pass in running: to extend composed types beyond their first limit.—v.i. to
English · e-38699-1547Overscore, ō-vėr-skōr′, v.t. to score or draw lines over anything: to erase by this means.
English · e-38699-1548 · brief source recordOverscrupulous, ō-vėr-skroop′ū-lus, adj. scrupulous to excess.—n. Overscrup′ulousness.
English · e-38699-1549 · brief source recordOverscutched, ō-vėr-skucht′, adj. (Shak.) over switched or whipped, or more probably worn out in the service.
English · e-38699-1550 · brief source recordOversea, ō′vėr-sē, adj. foreign, from beyond the sea.—adv. to a place beyond the sea, abroad.—Also O′verseas.
English · e-38699-1551 · brief source recordOverseam, ō′vėr-sēm, n. a seam in which the thread is at each stitch passed over the edges sewn together.—n. O′verseaming, the foregoing kind of sewing.
English · e-38699-1552Oversee, ō-vėr-sē′, v.t. to see or look over, to superintend.—n. Oversē′er, one who oversees: a superintendent: an officer who has the care of the poor, and other duties, such as making out lists of voters, of persons wh
English · e-38699-1553Oversell, ō-vėr-sel′, v.t. and v.i. to sell too dear: to sell more than exists, of stock, &c.
English · e-38699-1554 · brief source recordOverset, ō-vėr-set′, v.t. to set or turn over: to upset: to overthrow.—v.i. to turn or be turned over.
English · e-38699-1555 · brief source recordOvershade, ō-vėr-shād′, v.t. to throw a shade over.
English · e-38699-1556 · brief source recordOvershadow, ō-vėr-shad′ō, v.t. to throw a shadow over: to shelter or protect.
English · e-38699-1557 · brief source recordOvershine, ō-vėr-shīn′, v.t. (Shak.) to shine upon, illumine: to outshine.
English · e-38699-1558 · brief source recordOvershoe, ō′vėr-shōō, n. a shoe, esp. of waterproof, worn over another.
English · e-38699-1559 · brief source recordOvershoot, ō-vėr-shōōt′, v.t. to shoot over or beyond, as a mark: to pass swiftly over.—v.i. to shoot or fly beyond the mark.—adj. O′vershot, having the water falling on it from above, as a water-wheel: surpassed: fuddle
English · e-38699-1560Overside, ō-vėr-sīd′, adj. acting over the side.—adv. over the side.
English · e-38699-1561 · brief source recordOversight, ō′vėr-sīt, n. a failing to notice: mistake: omission: (orig.) superintendence.
English · e-38699-1562 · brief source recordOversize, ō-vėr-sīz′, v.t. (Shak.) to cover with any gluey matter: to plaster over.
English · e-38699-1563 · brief source recordOverskip, ō-vėr-skip′, v.t. to skip, leap, or pass over: (Shak.) to fail to see or find: to escape.
English · e-38699-1564 · brief source recordOverslaugh, ō-vėr-slaw′, v.t. (U.S.) to pass over in favour of another: to supersede: to hinder: to oppress. [Dut. overslaan (cf. Ger. überschlagen), to skip over.]
English · e-38699-1565Oversleep, ō-vėr-slēp′, v.t. and v.i. to sleep beyond one's usual time.
English · e-38699-1566 · brief source recordOverslip, ō-vėr-slip′, v.t. to pass without notice.
English · e-38699-1567 · brief source recordOversman, ō′vėrz-man, n. an overseer: (Scot.) an umpire appointed to decide between the differing judgment of two arbiters.
English · e-38699-1568Oversoul, ō′vėr-sōl, n. the divine principle forming the spiritual unity of all being.
English · e-38699-1569 · brief source recordOversow, ō-vėr-sō′, v.t. to sow too much seed on: to sow over.
English · e-38699-1570 · brief source recordOverspent, ō-vėr-spent′, adj. excessively fatigued.
English · e-38699-1571 · brief source recordOverspread, ō-vėr-spred′, v.t. to spread over: to scatter over.—v.i. to be spread over.
English · e-38699-1572 · brief source recordOverstain, ō-vėr-stān′, v.t. to besmear the surface of.
English · e-38699-1573 · brief source recordOverstand, ō-vėr-stand′, v.t. to stand too strictly on the conditions of.
English · e-38699-1574 · brief source recordOverstare, ō-vėr-stār′, v.t. to outstare.
English · e-38699-1575 · brief source recordOverstate, ō-vėr-stāt′, to state over and above: to exaggerate.—n. Overstate′ment.
English · e-38699-1576 · brief source recordOverstay, ō-vėr-stā′, v.t. to stay too long.
English · e-38699-1577 · brief source recordOverstep, ō-vėr-step′, v.t. to step beyond: to exceed.
English · e-38699-1578 · brief source recordOverstock, ō-vėr-stok′, v.t. to stock overmuch: to fill too full.—n. superabundance.
English · e-38699-1579 · brief source recordOverstrain, ōvėr-strān′, v.t. and v.i. to strain or stretch too far.—n. too great strain.—adj. Overstrained′, strained to excess: exaggerated.
English · e-38699-1580Overstream, ō-vėr-strēm′, v.t. to stream or flow over.
English · e-38699-1581 · brief source recordOverstretch, ō-vėr-strech′, v.t. to stretch to excess: to exaggerate.
English · e-38699-1582 · brief source recordOverstrew, ō-vėr-strōō′, v.t. to scatter over.
English · e-38699-1583 · brief source recordOverstrung, ō-vėr-strung′, adj. too highly strung.
English · e-38699-1584 · brief source recordOversupply, ō′vėr-sup-plī, n. an excessive supply.
English · e-38699-1585 · brief source recordOversway, ō-vėr-swā′, v.t. to overrule, to bear down.
English · e-38699-1586 · brief source recordOverswell, ō-vėr-swel′, v.t. (Shak.) to swell or rise above: to overflow.
English · e-38699-1587 · brief source recordOvert, ō′vėrt, adj. open to view: public: apparent.—adv. O′vertly.—Overt act, something actually done in execution of a criminal intent.—Market overt, open or public market. [Fr. ouvert, pa.p. of ouvrir, to open; acc. to
English · e-38699-1588Overtake, ō-vėr-tāk′, v.t. to come up with: to catch: to come upon: to take by surprise.—p.adj. Overtā′ken, fuddled.
English · e-38699-1589 · brief source recordOvertask, ō-vėr-task′, v.t. to task overmuch: to impose too heavy a task on.
English · e-38699-1590 · brief source recordOvertax, ō-vėr-taks′, v.t. to tax overmuch.
English · e-38699-1591 · brief source recordOvertedious, ō-vėr-tē′di-us, adj. (Shak.) too tedious.
English · e-38699-1592 · brief source recordOverthrow, ō-vėr-thrō′, v.t. to throw down: to upset: to bring to an end: to demolish: to defeat utterly.—ns. O′verthrow, act of overthrowing or state of being overthrown: ruin: defeat: a throwing of a ball beyond the pl
English · e-38699-1593Overthrust, ō′vėr-thrust, adj. (geol.) belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.
English · e-38699-1594 · brief source recordOverthwart, ō-vėr-thwawrt′, v.t. to lie athwart: to cross.—adj. opposite, transverse: contrary, perverse.—prep. across, on the other side of.
English · e-38699-1595Overtilt, ō-vėr-tilt′, v.t. to upset.
English · e-38699-1596 · brief source recordOvertime, ō′vėr-tīm, n. time employed in working beyond the regular hours.
English · e-38699-1597 · brief source recordOvertoil, ō-vėr-toil′, v.i. to overwork one's self.
English · e-38699-1598 · brief source recordOvertone, ō′vėr-tōn, n. a harmonic, because heard above its fundamental tone.
English · e-38699-1599 · brief source recordOvertop, ō-vėr-top′, v.t. to rise over the top of: to make of less importance: to surpass: to obscure.
English · e-38699-1600 · brief source recordOvertower, ō-vėr-tow′er, v.t. to tower above.—v.i. to soar too high.
English · e-38699-1601 · brief source recordOvertrade, ō-vėr-trād′, v.i. to trade overmuch or beyond capital: to buy in more than can be sold or paid for.—n. Overtrad′ing, the buying of a greater amount of goods than one can sell or pay for.
English · e-38699-1602Overtrip, ō-vėr-trip′, v.t. to trip nimbly over.
English · e-38699-1603 · brief source recordOverture, ō′vėr-tūr, n. a proposal, an offer for acceptance or rejection: (mus.) a piece introductory to a greater piece or ballet: a discovery or disclosure: the method in Presbyterian usage of beginning legislation and
English · e-38699-1604Overturn, ō-vėr-turn′, v.t. to throw down or over: to subvert: to conquer: to ruin.—ns. O′verturn, state of being overturned; Overturn′er.
English · e-38699-1605Overvalue, ō-vėr-val′lū, v.t. to set too high a value on.—n. Overvaluā′tion, an overestimate.
English · e-38699-1606 · brief source recordOverveil, ō-vėr-vāl′, v.t. to veil or cover.
English · e-38699-1607 · brief source recordOverview, ō′vėr-vū, n. (Shak.) an inspection.
English · e-38699-1608 · brief source recordOverwash, ō′vėr-wawsh, adj. (geol.) carried by glacier-streams over a frontal moraine, or formed of material so carried.
English · e-38699-1609Overwatch, ō-vėr-wawch′, v.t. to watch excessively: to overcome with long want of rest.
English · e-38699-1610 · brief source recordOverwear, ō-vėr-wār′, v.t. to wear out: to outwear, outlive.—n. O′verwear, clothes for wearing out of doors.
English · e-38699-1611 · brief source recordOverweather, ō-vėr-weth′ėr, v.t. (Shak.) to batter by violence of weather.
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