2. Across; from side to side of; implying a passing or moving either above a thing, or on the surface of it; as, to jump over a brook; to sail over a river.

Certain lakes and pits, such as that of Avernus, poison birds which fly over them. Bacon.

3. Upon the surface or whole surface of; through the whole extent of; to and fro upon; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a city. Go along o'er the wide world with me." Shak.-4. Above, denoting eminence or superiority in excellence, dignity, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Young Pallas shone conspicuous o'er the rest.' Dryden.-5. Above in authority, implying the right or power of superintending or governing. I will make thee ruler over many things.' Mat. xxv. 23.

Captain, yourself are the fittest to live and reign, not over, but next and immediately under the people. Dryden.

6. With care, oversight, or concern for; in a state of watchfulness with respect to. 'Dost thou not watch over my sin?' Job xiv. 16. Wise governors have as great a watch over fames as they have of the actions and designs. Bacon. 7. Denoting a state of being engaged in, or attentive to, something. Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl.' Shak.

Shak.

As the grim lion fawneth o'er his prey, So o'er this sleeping soul doth Tarquin stay, His rage of lust by gazing qualified, Hence, indicating the cause or motive of an action as present and in sight. That you insult, exult, and all at once, over the wretched.' Shak.-8. Denoting superiority as the result of a struggle or contest. Angelick quires

Sung heavenly anthems of his victory Over temptation and the tempter proud. Milton. 9. During the whole time; from beginning to end; as, to keep corn over the winter.10. Coming up above; covering; immersing; as, the water is over the shoes or boots. 'Inch-thick, knee-deep, o'er head and ears.' Shak.-11. Upwards of; more than; as, he has over a thousand pounds. - Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o'er, and this is the case whether it stands alone or forms the first part of a compound.

Over (ō'ver), adv. 1. From side to side; in width; across; athwart. 'A circular rim about a foot over.' N. Grew.-2. From one to another by transferring; as, to hand over goods to another.

This golden cluster the herald delivereth to the Tirsan, who delivereth it over to that son that he had chosen. Bacon.

3. From one side to the other, by passing; especially, from one shore to the other; as, to carry anything over to France, or to bring anything over to England.

They brought new customs and new vices o'er,
Taught us more arts than honest men require.
Philips.

4. From one side to another; so as to show a different side; as, to roll over; to turn over. 5. On the surface, so as to cover it. The

desk that's covered o'er with Turkish tapestry.' Shak.-6. Above the top, brim, or edge; as, one slate laps over another.

Good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom. Lu. vi. 38. 7. More than the quantity assigned; beyond a limit; in excess. He that gathered much had nothing over.' Ex. xvi. 18.-8. Throughout; from beginning to end; completely; as, to read over a book.

But one fiend at a time, I'll fight their legions o'er.
Shak.

Let them argue over all the topics of divine goodness and human weakness, yet how trifling must be their plea. South.

Milton.

9. Having come to an end; past; by. To sit and taste till this meridian heat Be over, and the sun more cool decline. 10. Excessively; very; too; in a great degree. "The word symbol should not seem to be over difficult.' Baker.-Over and over, repeatedly; once and again. And every night reviewed it o'er and o'er. W. Harte. Over again, once more; with repetition.

O kill not all my kindred o'er again. Dryden. -Over and above, besides; beyond what is supposed or limited. 1 Chr. xxix. 3. 'He gained, over and above, the good will of the

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people.' Sir R. L'Estrange.-Over against, opposite; in front. Over against this church stands a large hospital.' Addison.-To give over, (a) to cease from; as, to give over an enterprise. (b) To consider as in a hopeless state; as, the physicians have given over their patient.-To run over, (a) to run out over the brim; to be so full that any more runs over the brim. (b) To take a rapid survey of; as, to run over an account. -All over, (a) so as to affect the whole of a surface in every part; completely; as, he was all over blood; splashed with mud all over. (b) Finished; at an end: used impersonally; as, it is all over with me now. -To throw over, to fail to give expected help; to desert; to betray. They say the Rads are going to throw us over." "Disraeli.-Over is much used as the first element in compounds, in which case the most common meaning it has is that of excess or superiority, as in overact, overcome, &c. As mentioned under OVER, prep., it is poetically contracted into o'er.

Over (ō'ver), a. 1. Upper.

For these my hands from this my face shall rip,
Even with this knife, my nose and over lip.
Mir. for Mags.

2. Covering; outer; as, over-shoes; an overcoat.-3. Superior: in this and preceding sense used chiefly in composition.

The over lord, or lord paramount, or chief superior-the under or middle, or mesne lord, and the vassal under him-formed ranks of manifest diversity. Brougham.

Over (o'ver), v.t. To go over; to leap over, as in the game of leap-frog.

Whole troops of goblins poured into the churchyard and began playing at leap-frog with the tomb. stones, never stopping for an instant to take breath, but overing the highest among them, one after the other. Dickens.

To

Over (o'ver), n. In cricket, a certain number of bowls pitched by a bowler from one end in succession, at the end of which the fielders pass over to different sides. Over-abound (ō'vér-a-bound"), v.i. abound more than enough; to be superabundant. 'So much does fructuous moisture o'er-abound.' J. Philips. Overact (ō-vér-akt), v.t. 1. To act or perform to excess; as, he overacted his part. Good men often blemish the reputation of their piety by overacting some things in religion.

Tillotson.

2. To over-influence; to act upon unduly. The hope of inheritance overacts them, and on tongues' end enlarges their duty. Milton.

Overact (ō-vér-akt), v. i. To act more than is necessary. You overact when you should underdo.' B. Jonson.

Over-action (ō-vér-ak'shon), n. Exaggerated or excessive action. Over-active (ō-vér-aktiv), a. Too active; too much given to action. Overaffect (ō'ver-af-fekt"), v.t. To affect or love unduly or too much. Bp. Hall. Overagitate (ō-vér-aj'it-āt), v. t. To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.

Overallt (ō'vér-al), adv. All over; everywhere. Spenser.

Overalls (ō'věr-alz), n. pl. Loose trousers of a light, stout material, worn over others by workmen, to protect them from being soiled; Over-anxiety (o'ver-ang-zi"e-ti),n. The state waterproof leggings. of being over-anxious; excessive anxiety. Roget.

Over-anxious (ō-vér-angk’shus), a. Anxious to excess.

It has a tendency to encourage in statesmen a meddling, intriguing, refining, over-anxious, overactive habit. Brougham, Over-anxiously (ō-vér-angk'shus-li), adv. In an over-anxious manner; with excessive solicitude.

Overarch (ō-vér-ärch'), v.t. To arch over; to cover with an arch.

Overarch (ō-vér-ärch), v.i. To hang over like an arch. 'Brown with o'erarching shades.' Pope.

Overawe (ō-vér-a), v.t. To restrain by awe, fear, or superior influence.

A hundred thousand troops, well disciplined and commanded, will keep down millions of ploughmen and artisans. A few regiments of household troops are sufficient to overawe all the discontented spirits of a large capital. Macaulay. Overawed (ō-ver-ad'), p. and a. 1. Restrained by awe.-2. Regarded as invested with an excessive power of inspiring awe. Thus, free from censure, overawed by fear, And praised for virtues that they scorn to wear, The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect while stalking o'er life's narrow stage. Cowper.

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Over-awfult (ō-vér-a'ful), a. Excessively reverential; too much impressed with feelings of awe or reverence. 'To free ingenuous minds from that over-awful esteem of those more ancient than trusty fathers.' Milton.

Overbalance (ō-vér-balʼans), v. t. 1. To more than balance; to exceed in weight, value, or importance; to surpass; to preponderate over. For deeds always overbalance words.' South.

The hundred thousand pounds per annum, wherein we overbalance them in trade, must be paid us in Locke.

money.

2. To destroy the balance or equilibrium of; to cause to lose balance: often with reflexive pronouns; as, he overbalanced himself and fell. Overbalance (ō-vér-bal'ans), n. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports.

The mind should be kept in a perfect indifference, not inclining to either side, any further than the overbalance of probability gives it the turn of assent and belief. Locke. Overbarren (õ-vèr-barʼen), a. Excessively barren; very unproductive. Bacon. Overbattel (ō-vér-bat'l), a. [Over, and obs. battel, fertile.] Too fertile or fruitful. 'Overbattel grounds.' Hooker. Overbear (ō-vér-bar), v. t. 1. To bear down; to overpower; to bring under; to overwhelm. 'Weak shoulders overborne with burthening grief.' Shak. Overborne by numbers.' Sir J. Denham.

The horror or loathsomeness of an object may overbear the pleasure which results from its greatness, novelty, or beauty. Addison.

All together down upon him Bare, as a wild wave in the wide North-sea, Green glimmering toward the summit, bears, with all Its stormy crests that smoke against the skies, Down on a bark, and overbears the bark And him that helms it, so they overbore Sir Lancelot and his charger.

Tennyson.

2. To overcome by argument, entreaty, importunity, effrontery, or the like.

But Vivien deeming Merlin overborne
By instance, recommenced, and let her tongue
Rage like a fire among the noblest names.
Tennyson.

Overbear (ō-vér-bār), v.i. To bear or bring forth fruit or progeny to excess. Overbearing (ō-ver-bar'ing), p. and a. 1. Bearing down; repressing; overwhelming.

Take care that the memory of the learner be not too much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing multitude of documents at one time. Watts. 2. Haughty and dogmatical; disposed or tending to repress or subdue by insolence or effrontery; as, an overbearing disposition or manner. You brutal overbearing pest.' J. H. Frere.

Overbearingly (ō-vér-bar'ing-li), adv. In an overbearing manner; imperiously; dogmatically.

Overbend (ō-ver-bend'), v. t. To bend to excess. Displacing or overbending our natural faculties.' Donne. Overbend (ō-vér-bend'), v.i. To bend over. Overbid (o-ver-bid'), v.t. To bid or offer beyond; to outbid.

You have o'erbid all my past sufferings, And all my future too. Dryden. Overbid (ō-vér-bid'), v. i. To bid more than a just price; to offer more than an equivalent.

Overblow (ō-ver-blō'), v.i. 1. To blow with too much violence.-2. † To blow over, or be past its violence.

Overblow (o-vér-blo'), v. t. 1. To blow away;
to dissipate by wind." And when this cloud
of sorrow's overblown.' Waller.-2. In music,
to blow into too much; as, a pipe is said
to be overblown when the pressure of air
forces it to sound an over-tone, instead of
its fundamental note.
Overboard (o'ver-bōrd), adv. Over the side
of a ship; out of a ship or from on board; as,
to fall overboard.-Thrown overboard (fig.),
discarded; deserted; betrayed.
Overboil (ō-vèr-boil'), v.i. To boil over; to
boil unduly.

Nor is it discontent to keep the mind
Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil
In the hot throng.

Byron.

OVERBOUNTEOUS

Overbounteous (ō-vér-boun'tē-us), a. Bounteous to excess. Milton.

Overbowt (ō-vér-bou'), v.t. To bow or bend over; to bend in a contrary direction. "That old error. . . that the best way to straighten what is crooked is to overbow it.' Fuller.

Overbreed (ō-vėr-brēd'), v. t. To breed to excess or more than is necessary.

Overbright (ō'vér-brit), a. Bright to excess; too bright. 'Eyes not downdropt nor overbright. Tennyson.

Overbrim (ō-vér-brim^), v.i. 1. To flow over the brim or edge: said of the liquid.-2. To be so full as to overflow: said of the vessel or cavity in which any liquid is. 'Till the cup of rage o'erbrim.' Coleridge. Over-brimmed (ō-ver-brimd'),a. Furnished with too large a brim. An over-brimmed blue bonnet.' Sir W. Scott. Overbrow (ō-ver-brou), v.t. To hang over; to impend.

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3. To load with too great a charge, as a gun. 'Like guns o'ercharged.' Sir J. Denham.4. To make an excessive charge against; to put too great a debt upon; to rate too high. 5. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a statement.-Overcharged mine. See MINE. Overcharge (ō'věr-chärj), n. An excessive charge, load, or burden; a charge of more than is just in an account; a charge beyond what is proper, as of a gun.

Over-civil (o-vér-siv'il), a. Unduly or excessively civil or polite; flatteringly or fawningly civil.

So over-violent, or over-civil,

That every man with him was god or devil. Dryden. Overclean (ō-ver-klen), v.t. To clean to

excess. 'A knife and fork which had not been worn out with overcleaning.' Sir W. Scott.

OVERFALL

Where, tangled round the jealous steep, Strange shades o'erbrow the vallies deep. Overbuild (ō-vér-bild'), v. t. 1. To build over. Terribly arched and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt with most impending brows. Cowper 2. To build more than the area properly admits of, or than the population requires; as, that part of the town is overbuilt. Overbuild (ō-ver-bild'), v.i. To build beyond the demand; to build beyond one's

means.

Overbulkt (ō-vér-bulk), v.t. To oppress by bulk; to overtower; to overwhelm. Shak. Overburden, Overburthen (ō-vér-bér'dn, ō-vér-ber'THn), v.t. To load with too great weight; to overload; as, to be overburdened with work. Sir T. More.

Over-burdensome (ō-vér-bèr'dn-sum), a. Too burdensome.

Eumenes did not only think all carriages to be over-burdensome, but the number of his men to be more troublesome than available. Raleigh.

Overburn (ō-vér-bérn'), v.t. To burn too much or unduly.

Take care you overburn not the turf: it is only to be burnt so as to make it break. Mortimer.

Overburn (ō-vèr-bèrn'), v.i. To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Overburning (ō-ver-bérnʼing), a. Overwarm; unduly intense; excessive; as, overburning zeal.

Overbusy (ō-vèr-biʼzi), a. Too busy. Overbuy (o-vér-bi'), v.t. 1. To buy at too dear a rate. Bp. Hall.-2. To buy to too great an extent.

Overcanopy (ō-ver-kan'ō-pi), v.t. To cover as with a canopy. A bank quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine." Shak. Overcapablet (ō-vér-ka'pa-bl),a. Over liable or prone to: followed by of. Credulous and overcapable of such pleasing errors.' Hooker.

Overcare (ō'vėr-kår), n. Excessive care or anxiety. Dryden. Overcareful (ō-vér-kār'fyl), a. Careful to

excess.

Overcarking+t (ō-vér-kärk'ing), a. Too full of care; over-anxious. Solicitously overcarking for the future.' Fuller. Overcarry (ō-vér-kar′i), v.t. To carry too far; to carry or urge beyond the proper point. Hayward.

Overcast (ō-vér-kast), v. t. 1. To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom. "The clouds that overcast our morn.' Dryden. - 2. To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high.

The king in his account of peace and calms did much overcast his fortunes. Bacon.

3. To cover; to overspread. "The colour wherewith it overcasteth itself.' Hooker.4. To sew by running the thread over a rough edge. Overcatcht (ō-ver-kach'), v.t. To overtake. In the very door him overcaught.' Spenser. Over-cautious (ō-vér-ka'shus), a. Cautious or prudent to excess. Over-cautiously (ō-vér-ka'shus-li), adv. In an over-cautious manner; cautiously to ex

cess.

Overchange (ō'věr-chānj), n. Excessive change; fickleness. A thing out of the overchange of nature.' Beau. & Fl. [Rare.] Overcharge (ō-vér-chärj'), v. t. 1. To charge or burden to excess; to oppress; to overburden. 'His overcharged soul.' Shak. 'The heavy load of abundance with which we oppress and overcharge nature.' Raleigh. 2. To crowd too much; to fill too numerously. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.

Overcloy (ō-vèr-kloi'), v.t. To fill beyond satiety. Shak.

Overcoat (o'vér-kōt), n. A coat worn over all the other dress; a top-coat; a greatcoat. Over-cold (ō-vér-kōld'), a. 1. Cold or chilling to excess.-2. Too frigid or unimpassion'An over-cold praise.' Bp. Hall. Overcolour (öō-vér-kul'ér), v.t. To colour to excess or too highly; hence, to exaggerate. Roget.

ed.

Overcome (ō-vér-kum), v. t. 1. To conquer; to vanquish; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.-2. To surmount; to rise above; to get the better of.

Little misfortunes that happened to them which of themselves they could never be able to overcome. Law.

3. To have sway over; to rule; to domineer over. 'O'ercome with pride.' Shak.-4.† To spread over; to cover; to overflow; to surcharge.

The trees....

O'ercome with moss and baleful mistletoe. Shak.

5. To come upon; to invade suddenly. 'Overcome us like a summer cloud.' Shak. Overcome (ō-vér-kum), v.i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rom. iii. 4.

Overcomer (ō-vér-kum'èr), n. One who

vanquishes or surmounts.

Overcomingly (ō-vér-kum'ing-li), adv. In the manner of one who overcomes; with superiority. Dr. H. More.

Over-confidence (ō-vér-kon'fi-dens), n. The state of being over-confident; excessive confidence.

Over-confident (ō-vér-kon'fi-dent), a. Confident to excess.

Over-confidently (ō-ver-kon'fi-dent-li), adv.
In an over-confident manner.
Overcostly (o-vér-kost'li), a. Unduly or ex-
cessively costly or expensive.

That they [ceremonies] ought to be many, and overcostly, no true Protestant will affirm. Milton. Overcount (ō-vér-kount'), v.t. 1. To rate above the true value.-2. To outnumber. Shak.

Overcover (ō-vèr-kuv ́ér), v. t. To cover completely. O'ercovered quite with dead men's rattling bones.' Shak. Overcraw t (ō-vér-krą), v.t. To overcrow. Spenser.

Over-credulous (ō-vér-kred'ū-lus), a. Credulous to excess; too apt to believe. Milton. Overcrow (ō-vér-krō'), v.t. To triumph over; to overpower.

O, I die, Horatio; This potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit. Shak. Over-cunning (ō-vér-kun'ing), a. Unduly or excessively cunning or ingenious. Unadvisedly over-cunning in misunderstanding me.' Marston.

Over-curious (ō-vér-kū'ri-us), a. Curious or nice to excess.

Overdare (o-ver-dar), v.t. and i. To exceed in daring; to dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Overdaring (ō-vér-dār′ing), a. Unduly or imprudently bold; foolhardy; imprudently

rash.

Overdark (ō-vér-därk'), adv. Till after dark. [Rare.]

Whitefield would wander through Christ Church meadows overdark. North Brit. Rev. Overdate (ō-vér-dāt), v.t. To date beyond the proper period. 'His overdated minority.' Milton.

Overdealt (ō'vėr-dēl), n. The amount over; the excess. 'The overdeal in the price will be double.' Holland.

Overdraw (ō-ver-dra), v.t. 1. To draw upon for a larger sum than is due, or for a sum beyond one's credit in the books of a company; as, to overdraw one's account with a bank.-2. To exaggerate in representation, either in writing, speech, or a picture; as, to overdraw a tale of distress.

Overdress (o-ver-dres'), v.t. and i. To dress to excess; to adorn too much.

In all, let nature never be forgot,

But treat the goddess like a modest fair, Nor overdress, nor leave her wholly bare. Pope. Overdrink (ō-vér-dringk ́), v.t and i. To drink to excess.

Overdrive (ō-vér-driv'), v.t. To drive too hard or beyond strength.

The flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. Gen. xxxiii. 13. Overdrown+ (ō-ver-droun), v. t. To drown or drench to excess; to wet excessively. Her overdrowned eyes.' Sir T. Browne. Overdry (ō-vér-drï'), v.t. To dry too much. Burton.

Overdry (o'ver-dri), a. .Too dry. Overdue (o'vér-du), a. 1. Beyond the date or assigned limit; as, an overdue ship. 2. Past the time of payment, as a bill of exchange.

Overdye (ö-ver-di), v.t. To dye or tinge too deeply; to dye with a different colour. Shak. Over-eager (ō-vér-e'ger), a. Too eager; too vehement in desire.

Over-eagerly (ō-vér-ē'gér-li), adv. In an over-eager manner; with excessive eagerness. Pursuing them over-eagerly into York.' Milton. The Over-eagerness (ō-vér-è'gêr-nes), n. state of being over-eager; excess of earnest

ness.

Over-earnest (ō-ver-èr'nest), a. Earnest overmuch; too much in earnest; severe. Shak.

Over-earnestness (ō-vér-ér'nest-nes), n. The state of being over-earnest; excess of earnestness.

Overeat (ō-vér-ēt), v.t. 1. To surfeit with eating: with reflexive pronouns; as, to overeat one's self.-2. To eat or bite all over. Shak. [Rare.]

Over-empty (ō-ver-em'ti), v. t. To make too empty; to exhaust. Carew.

An

Over-enrich (o'věr-en-rich"), v.t. To make too rich; to make wealthy to excess. 'Wealth which could no longer be employed in overenriching a few.' J. S. Mill. Overest, a. superl. Uppermost. Chaucer. Over-estimate (ō-ver-es'tim-āt), n. estimate that is too high; over-valuation. Over-estimate (ō-vér-es'tim-åt), v. t. To estimate too high; to overvalue. Over-excited (o'ver-ek-sit"ed), a. Too much excited.

Over-excitement (ō'vèr-ek-sit" ment), n. The state of being over-excited; excess of excitement. ExOver-exquisite (ō-vér-eks'kwi-zit), a. cessively or unduly exquisite or exact; too nice; too careful or anxious.

Peace, brother; be not over-exquisite
To cast the fashion of uncertain evils.

Milton.

Overeyet (ō-vér-i'), v. t. 1. To superintend; to inspect.-2. To observe; to witness. Shak. Overfall† (ō'vèr-fal), n. 1. A cataract; the fall of a river.

Tostatus addeth, that those which dwell near those falls of water, are deaf from their infancy, like those that dwell near the overfalls of Nilus. Raleigh, 2. Naut. (a) a dangerous bank or shoal lying near the surface of the sea. (b) A rippling or race in the sea, where, by the peculiarities of the bottom, the water is propelled with

OVERISSUE

overissue of government paper, but actually changed by secret forgeries. Brougham. Overissue (ō-vér-ish'ũ), v.t. To issue in excess, as bank-notes or bills of exchange, either beyond the number authorized by law, or warranted by the capital stock, or beyond the wants of the public, or the ability of the issuer to pay; to issue contrary to prudence or honesty.

Overjoy (ō-ver-joi), v.t. To give great or excessive joy to; to transport with gladness: generally in past participle. 'A schoolboy overjoyed with finding a bird's nest.'

Shak.

Overjoy (ō'ver-joi), n. Joy to excess; transport. Shak.

Overjump (ō-ver-jump), v.t. To jump over; to overleap; hence, to pass over; to pass without notice; to permit to pass. Can not so lightly overjump his death.' Marston. Overkind (ō-vér-kind'), a. Kind to excess; kind beyond deserts; unnecessarily kind. Shak.

Overkindness (o'ver-kind-nes), n. The state of being overkind; excessive kindness. Over-king (o'ver-king), n. A king holding sway over several petty kings or princes.

At last having put Norway under his feet Harold gave it the death-blow by dividing the conquered country among his many children, over whom in his last days of decrepitude he established as overking in the Drontheim district his darling son Eric Bloody-axe. Edin. Rev.

Too know

The

Overknowing (ō-vér-nō'ing), a. ing or cunning: said disparagingly. understanding overknowing, misknowing, dissembling. Bp. Hall.

Overlabour (ō-ver-la'ber), v.t. 1. To harass with toil. Dryden.-2. To execute with too much care. Sir W. Scott.

Overlade (ō-vér-lad'), v.t. To load with too great a cargo or other burden; to overburden; to overload. For men may overlade a ship or barge.' Chaucer.

Overland (o'ver-land), a. Passing by land; made or performed upon or across the land; as, an overland journey.

Overlap (ō-vér-lap), v.t. To lap or fold over; to extend so as to lie or rest upon; as, one slate on a roof overlaps another.

Overlap (o'ver-lap), n. The lapping of one thing over another; specifically, in geol. the extension or spread of a superior stratum over an inferior so as to cover and conceal its edges.

Overlarge (ō'ver-lärj), a. Too large; too great. Jeremy Collier.

Overlargeness (ō-ver-lärj'nes), n. The quality of being overlarge; excess of size. Cheyne.

Overlash† (ō-vér-lash), v.i. 1. To exaggerate; to boast or vaunt too much. Bp. Hall. 2. To proceed to excess. Boyle. Overlashing† (o'ver-lash-ing), n. Excess: exaggeration. Before whose bar we shall once give an account of all our overlashings.' Bp. Hall. Overlashingly† (ō-vér-lash'ing-li), adv. Extravagantly; with exaggeration.

Although I be far from their opinion who write too overlashingly, that the Arabian tongue is in use in two third parts of the inhabited world, yet I find that it extendeth where the religion of Mahomet is professed. Brerewood.

Overlate (ō-vér-lāt), a. Too late; delayed too long. Floods of overlate tears.' Bp. Hall.

Overlavish (ō'ver-lav-ish), a. Lavish to ex

cess.

Overlay (ō'ver-lā), n. In printing, a piece of paper pasted upon the tympan-sheet at a spot where the impression is desired to be dark and effective, or for the purpose of obtaining a regular and flat impression. Overlay (ō-ver-la'), v. t. 1. To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; to overwhelm.

When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it, there is a natural necessity compelling it to disburthen itself. Raleigh.

2. To cover or spread over the surface. 'Cedar overlaid with gold.' Milton.

See them overlaid

With narrow moon-lit slips of silver cloud.
Tennyson.

3. To smother with close covering, or by lying upon.

And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. I Ki. iii. 19.

4. To obscure by covering; to cloud; to overcast. As when a cloud his beam doth overlay.' Spenser.

Physical astronomy, at the period of which we speak, eclipsed and overlaid theoretical mechanics, as, a little previously, dynamics had eclipsed and Whewell. superseded statics.

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5. To span; to join the opposite sides of. And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. Milton. Overlaying_(o'ver-la-ing), n. 6. In printing, to put an overlay on.

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covering. Ex. xxxviii. 17. Overleap (ō-vér-lep'), v. t. 1. To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping.

Overleaped all bound

Of hill or highest wall, and sheer within
Lights on his feet.
Milton.

2. Fig. to omit or pass over. 'Let me o'erleap that custom.' Shak.-To overleap one's self, to exert one's self too much in leaping; to leap too far. Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself.' Shak.

Over-leather (ō'vér-leTH-ér), n. Upper leather; the leather which forms or is intended to form the upper part of a shoe. 'Such shoes as my toes look through the over-leather.' Shak.

Overleaven (ō-vér-lev'n), v.t. 1. To leaven too much; to cause to rise and swell too much. B. Jonson.-2. To mix too much with; to corrupt.

Too

Some habit that too much o'erleavens The form of plausive manners. Shak. Over-liberal (ō-vér-lib'êr-al), a. liberal; too free; abundant to excess; as, over-liberal diet.

Over-liberally (ō-ver-lib'èr-al-i), adv. In an over-liberal manner; too freely. Milton. Overlie (ō-vér-lî'), v. t. To lie over or upon. Overlight (ō'ver-lit), n. Too strong a light. An overlight maketh the eyes dazell.' Bacon. Overlight (ō-vér-līt'), a. Too light; too frivolous or trifling; thoughtless; giddy. 'Ever overlight and merry." Ascham. Overliness + (o'vér-li-nes), n. Carelessness; superficiality. 'We lament the overliness of preaching.' Waterhouse. Overlive (ō-vér-liv'), v. t. To outlive; live longer than; to survive. Tennyson. Overlive (ō-vér-liv'), v. i. 1. To live too long. Why do I overlive1

Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain. Milton.

to

2. To live too fast or too actively. Browning. [Rare in both senses.] Overliver (ō-vér-liv'èr), n. One that lives longest; a survivor. Holinshed. Overload (ō-vér-lōd), v.t. To load with too heavy a burden or cargo; to overburden; to overcharge; as, to overload a wagon; to overload the memory with trifling details; to overload a ceiling with ornament. Over-logical (ō-vér-loj'ik-al), a. Too logical; adhering too much to the mere forms or rules of logic. Milton.

Overlong (ō-vér-long), a. Too long.

I have transgressed the laws of oratory in making my periods and parentheses overlong. Boyle. Overlook (ō-vér-luk'), v.t. 1. To view from a higher place.

And Titan, tired in the mid-day heat, With burning eye did hotly overlook them. Shak. 2. To rise or be elevated above; to rise so high as to afford the means of looking down

on.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers. Tennyson.

3. To see from behind or over the shoulder of another; to see from a higher position. 'Overlooking my paper while I write.' Dryden.-4. To view fully; to peruse.

When thou shalt have overlooked this give these fellows some means to the king. Shak.

5. To inspect; to superintend; to oversee: implying care and watchfulness.

He was present in person to overlook the magistrates. Spenser.

6. To review; to examine a second time or with care.-7. To pass over indulgently; to excuse; not to punish or censure; as, to overlook faults; to overlook an insult.-8. To look beyond or by so as to disregard or neglect; to slight.

They overlook truth in the judgment they pass on Atterbury. adversity and prosperity.

9. To bewitch by looking on; to confound; to unsettle.

Beshrew your eyes, That have o'erlooked me and divided me. Shak. Overlooker (ō-vėr-luk'ér), n. One that overlooks; an overseer; a superintendent. Overloop † (o'ver-lop), n. One of the decks of a vessel; orlop (which see).

In extremity we carry our ordnance better than we were wont, because our nether overloops are raised commonly from the water. Raleigh. Overlord (ō-vér-lord^), n. One who is lord

Overmarch (ō-ver-märch'), v.t. To over-
fatigue or exhaust by too much marching;
to cause to march too far. "The prince's
horse were overmarched.' Baker.
To furnish
Overmast (ō-vér-mast'), v.t.
with a mast or with masts that are too long
or too heavy for a vessel. Dryden.
Overmaster (ō-ver-mas'tér), v. t. 1. To over-
power; to subdue; to vanquish.

For your desire to know what is between us,
O'ermaster 't as you may.
Shak.

'It is true,' said the baron, slowly, and as if overmastered by the tone and mien of an imperious chieftain. Lord Lytton.

2. To retain by superior force; to have in one's power. The crown that thou o'ermasterest. Shak.

Overmatch (ō-vér-mach'), v.t. To be too powerful for; to conquer; to subdue; to Milton. suppress by superior force." Overmatch (ö'ver-mach), n. One superior in power; one able to overcome. 'Spain is no overmatch for England.' Bacon. Overmeasure (o-vér-mezh'ür), v.t. To measure or estimate too largely. Bacon. Overmeasure (ö'ver-mezh-ür), n. Excess of measure; something that exceeds the measure proposed. Overmeddle (ō-vér-med'), v.i. To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling (ō-ver-medling), n. Excessive or undue interference. 'Justly shent for their overmeddling.' Fuller. Over-mellow(ō-ver-mel'lō), a. Too mellow; overripe. The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow.' Tennyson. Over-merit (ō'ver-me-rit), n. merit. Over-mickle (ō'ver-mik-1), a. adv. and n. Overmuch. [Old English and Scotch.] Overmix (ō-vér-miks), v.t. To mix with too much. 'Or little pleasure overmixt with woe.' Creech.

The day

Over-morrow† (ö'vèr-mo-rō), n. after to-morrow. Bible, 1551. Overmost (ō'ver-mōst), a. Highest; over the rest in authority. Fabyan. Overmount (ō-ver-mount'), v.t. To surmount; to go higher than. Shak. Overmuch (o'vèr-much), a. Too much; exceeding what is necessary or proper. Overmuch (o'vér-much), adv." In too great a degree.

The fault which we find in them is that they overmuch abridge the church of her power in these things. Hooker.

Overmuch (o'věr-much), n. More than sufficient. Milton.

OVER-MULTITUDE

Over-multitude (ō-vér-multi-tūd), v.t. To exceed in number; to outnumber. 'The beasts would over-multitude their lords.' Milton.

Overname (ō-ver-nām′), v.t. To name over or in a series.

I pray thee, overname them; and as thou namest them I will describe them. Shak. Overneat (ō'ver-net), a. Unnecessarily neat; excessively neat. Spectator.

Overnice (ō-vér-nis'), a. Excessively nice; fastidious. Gay.

Overnicely (ō-vér-nīsli), adv. In an overnice manner; too nicely. Congreve. Overnight (ō'ver-nit), n. Night before bedtime. If I had given you this at overnight.' Shak.

Overnight (ö'ver-nit), adv. 1. Through the night; as, he staid overnight. 2. In the course of the night or evening; in the evening before.

I had been telling her all that happened overnight.

Dickens.

Overnime, tv.t. pp. overnome. To overtake. Chaucer.

Overnoise (ō-vér-noiz), v.t. To overpower by noise. No mirth or music overnoise your fears.' Cowley.

Overoffice + (õ-vér-of'fis), v.t. To lord over by virtue of an office. Shak. Over-officious (o'ver-of-fi"shus), a. Too officious; too ready to intermeddle; too importunate.

This is an over-officious truth, and is always at a man's heels; so that if he looks about him, he must take notice of it. Jeremy Collier.

Overpaint (ō-ver-pant), v. t. To colour or describe too strongly. "Aaron Hill. Overpart (ō-ver-pärt'), v.t. To assign too high or too difficult a part to. Shak. Overpass (ō-vér-pas), v. t. 1. To pass over; to cross; to go over.

I stood on a wide river's bank,
Which I must needs o'erpass.

Dryden.

2. To overlook; to pass without regard. The complaint about psalms and hymns might as well be overpast without any answer. Hooker.

3. To omit; not to include. 'If the grace of him which saveth overpass some.' Hooker. 4. To pass through. "The pains that he hath endured, and the perils that he hath overpast.' North.

Overpass (ō-vér-pas), v.i. away; to cease by passing.

To pass by or

In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Ps. lvii. 1. Over-passionate (ō-vér-pa'shon-āt), a. Passionate to excess. Over-passionately (ō-ver-pa'shon-āt-li), adv. With too much passion. Overpay (ō-vér-pa), v. t. 1. To pay in excess; to pay so that what is paid is more than necessary; as, to overpay £10.-2. To reward beyond the price or merit.

Let me buy your friendly help thus far,
Which I will overpay and pay again,
When I have found it.
Shak.

Overpeert (ō-ver-per), v.t. To overlook; to look down on; to rise above.

Your argosies with portly sail,
Do over peer the petty traffickers,
That curtsy to them.

Shak.

Overpeople (ō-vér-pe'pl), v.t. To overstock with inhabitants.

Overperch (ō-vér-pèrch'), v.t. To perch over or above; to fly over. Shak. Over-persuade (o'ver-pèr-swad"), v.t. To persuade or influence against one's inclination or opinion. Dryden. Over-picture (ō-ver-pik'tür), v. t. To exceed

the representation or picture of; to represent or picture in an exaggerated manner. Shak.

Overplease (ō-ver-plēz), v.t. To please excessively. He who fell in overpleasing himself.' Bp. Hall.

Overpleased (ō-ver-plēzd), pp. of overplease. Used generally with not, in the sense of being somewhat displeased or disappointed; as, he was not overpleased with his reception.

Overplus (o'vér-plus), n. [Over, and L. plus, more.] Surplus; what remains more than sufficient; that which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed.

It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune. Addison.

Overply (ō-vér-pli'), v.t. To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigour. Milton. Overpoise (ō-vér-poiz), v.t. To outweigh. Sir T. Browne.

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Overpoise (ō'ver-poiz), n. Preponderant weight. 'Great overpoise of wings.' E. B. Browning.

Overpolish (ō-ver-po'lish), v.t. To polish too much.

Overponderous (ō-ver-pon'dér-us), a. Too heavy; too depressing. Milton. Overpost (ō-vér-post), v.t. To hasten over quickly. Shak.

Overpower (ō-vér-pou'èr), v. t. 1. To vanquish by power or force; to subdue; to reduce to silence, inaction, or submission; to defeat.-2. To be too intense or violent for; to affect by intensity; as, his emotions overpowered him.

As much light overpowers the eye, so they who have weak eyes, when the ground is covered with snow, are wont to complain of too much light. Boyle. Overpowering (ō-ver-pou'ér-ing), p. and a. Bearing down by superior power; irresistible; subduing.

Overpoweringly (ō-vér-pou'èr-ing-li), adv. In an overpowering manner; with superior force. Overpraising (ō-vér-práz′ing), n. Excessive praise. Milton.

Overpress (ō-ver-pres'), v. t. 1. To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Michael's arm main promontories flung,, And overpress'd whole legions weak with sin. Roscommon. 2. To overcome by importunity. Johnson. Overprize (ō-vér-prīz), v.t. 1. To value or prize at too high a rate.

I am much beholden to your high opinion, Which so o'erprizes my light services. Coleridge. 2. To surpass in value. Shak. Over-production (ō"vér-pro-duk'shon), n. Excessive production; production of commodities in excess of demand.

I know not of any economical facts . . . which can give rise to the opinion that a general over-production of commodities ever presented itself in actual experience. F. S. Mill. Overprompt (ō-vér-prompt), a. Too prompt; too ready or eager. Overpromptness (ō-ver-prompt'nes), n. Over-proportion (o'vér-pro-por"shon), v.t. Excessive promptness; precipitation. Hales. To make of too great proportion. Overproud (ō-vér-proud'), a. Excessively or unduly proud. Milton.

Over-provident (ö-vér-pro'vi-dent), a. Excessively provident; niggardly. An overprovident father makes a prodigal son.' Garrick.

Overprovoke (ō'vėr-prō-võk"), v.t. To provoke too much or in too great a degree. Bp. Hall.

Overquell (ō-vér-kwel), v.t. To quell; to subdue; to gain power over.

What champion now shall tame the power of hell, And the unruly spirits overquell Bp. Hall. Over-quietness (ō-vér-kwi'et-nes), n. Too much quietness. 'An inquietude in overquietness.' Sir T. Browne.

Overrake (ō-vér-rāk), v.t. Naut. to break in upon, as a ship when the waves break in upon her riding at anchor in a head sea. Overrank (ō-vér-rangk'), a. Too rank or luxuriant. Mortimer.

Overrate (ō-vér-rāt'), o.t. To rate at too much; to estimate too highly. While vain shows and scenes you overrate.' Dryden. Overrate (ō'vér-rát), n. An excessive estimate or rate. "At what an overrate I had made purchase.' Massinger. Overreach (ō-vér-rech'), v.t. 1. To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond.

The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. Raleigh. 2. To deceive by cunning, artifice, or sagacity; to cheat; to outwit."

What more cruel than man if he see himself able by fraud to overreach or by power to overbear the laws whereunto he should be subject. Hooker. Overreach (ō-vér-rech), v.i. In the manege, to strike the toe of the hinder foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot: said of a horse.

Overreacher (ō-vér-réch'èr), n. One that overreaches; one that deceives. Overread (ō-vér-red), v.t. To read over; to peruse. Shak.

Over-readily (ō-ver-red'i-li), adv. In an over-ready manner; with too much readiness. Over-readiness (ō-ver-red'i-nes), n. The state of being over-ready; excess of readi

ness.

Over-ready (ō-vér-red'i), a. Too ready. Overreckon (ō-vèr-rek'on), v.t. To reckon, compute, or estimate in excess. Bp. Hall.

OVERRUNNER

Overred + (ō-vér-red'), v. t. To smear with a red colour.

Go prick thy face and overred thy fear, Thou lily-livered boy. Shak. Over-refine (ō'vér-rē-fin"), v.i. To refine too much; to refine with an undue amount of subtlety.

Over-refinement (over-re-fin'ment), n. Excessive refinement; refinement with excess of subtlety or affectation of nicety.

This is perhaps the most remarkable of Mr. Burke's writings, in respect of the profound and striking views of political principles which it expounds, accompanied, however, with some over-refinement. Brougham. Over-rent (ō-vér-rent'), v.t. To rent at too high a rate; to rack-rent. Override (ó-vér-rid'), v.t. 1. To ride over; hence, to trample down; to supersede; to annul; as, this act overrides all previous acts.

The carter overridden with his carte;

Under the wheel ful low he lay adown. Chaucer. 2. To ride too much; to fatigue by riding.3. To outride; to pass in riding. I overrode him on the way." Shak.-To override one's commission, to discharge one's office in too arbitrary a manner, or with too high a hand. Over-righteous (ō-vér-rit'yus), a. Righteous overmuch; affecting excessive sanctity. Roget.

Over-rigid (ō-vér-ri'jid), a. Too rigid; too strict. Ash.

Over-rigorous (ō-vér-rig'or-us), a. Too rigorous. Prynne.

Overripe (ō'ver-rip), a. Ripe or matured to excess.

We may not be forced to trust the matter so long agitated, and now overripe for settlement, to chance, to the unopened future. Gladstone.

What if they be such as will be overruled with some one, whom they dare not displease. Whitgift. 2. In law, to rule against or reject; as, the plea was overruled by the court. Overrule (ō-vér-röl'), v.i. To govern; to exercise control; to prevail.

Shak.

Thus he that overruled I overswayed. Overruler (ō-vér-röl'ér), n. One who controls, directs, or governs. Overruling (o-ver-röl'ing), p. and a. Exerting superior and controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. An overruling impulse of conscience and duty.' Sir R. L'Estrange.

Sin and sorrow and pain, the hidden overruling presence of inexorable moral powers working out in the predestined doom of mortals the solution of moral conflicts, may constitute the main motive of Greek tragedy. Dr. Caird.

Overrulingly (ō-vér-röl'ing-li), adv. In an overruling manner.

Overrun (ō-vér-run'), v. t. 1. To run or spread
over; to grow over; to cover all over; as,
the garden is overrun with weeds.
And now the lovely face but half appears,
O'errun with wrinkles and deformed with tears.
Addison.
2. To harass by hostile incursions; to over-
come and take possession of by an invasion.
'A commonwealth may be overrun by a
powerful neighbour.' Swift.

They err, who count it glorious to subdue
By conquest far and wide, to overrun
Large countries, and in field great battles win,
Great cities by assault.
Milton.

3. To outrun; to run faster than another and leave him behind.

Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23.

4. To injure by treading down. 'Now is all trampled and overrun.' Spenser.-5.† To subdue; to oppress. "That none of them the feeble overren.' Spenser.-6. In printing, to carry over parts of lines or pages in correction, in the contraction or extension of columns, or when new matter has to be inserted.

Overrun (ō-vér-run'), v.i. 1. To become superabundant or excessive; to overflow; to run over.-2. In printing, to extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line or page

overruns.

Overrunner (ō-vér-run'èr), n. One that overruns. 'Vandal overrunners.' Lovelace.