OVERAWE
OVERAWE, verb transitive overaw'. To restrain by awe, fear or superior influence.The kind was present in person to overlook that magistrates and overawe the subjects with the te...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OVERBALANCE
OVERBAL'ANCE, verb transitive To weigh down; to exceed in weight, value or importance. The evils which spring from vice overbalance all its pleasures.OVERBAL'ANCE, noun Excess o...
OVERBATTLE
OVERBAT'TLE, adjectiveToo fruitful; exuberant. [Not used.]
OVERBEAR
OVERBEAR, verb transitive [See Bear.] To bear down; to repress; to subdue.The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war.Ye...
OVERBEARING
OVERBEARING, participle present tense1. Bearing down; repressing.2.adjective Haughty and dogmatical; disposed or tending to repress or subdue by insolence or effrontery.
OVERBEND
OVERBEND', verb transitive To bend or stretch to excess.
OVERBID
OVERBID', verb transitive1. To bid or offer beyond.2. To bid or offer more than an equivalent.
OVERBLOW
OVERBLOW, verb intransitive1. To blow with too much violence; a seaman's phrase.2. To blow over, or be past its violence. [Not used.]OVERBLOW, verb transitive To blow away; to d...
OVERBLOWN
OVERBLOWN, participle passive Blown by and gone; blown away; driven by; past.And when this cloud of sorrow's overblown
OVERBOARD
OVERBOARD, adverb Literally, over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard; which of course is to fall into the water.
OVERBROW
OVERBROW', verb transitive To hang over.
OVERBUILT
OVERBUILT, participle passive overbilt'. Built over.
OVERBULK
OVERBULK', verb transitive To oppress by bulk. [Not used.]
OVERBURDEN
OVERBUR'DEN, verb transitive To load with too great weight.
OVERBURDENED
OVERBUR'DENED, participle passive Overloaded.
OVERBURN
OVERBURN', verb transitive To burn too much.
OVERBUSY
OVERBUSY, adjective overbiz'zy. Too busy; officious.
OVERBUY
OVERBUY', verb transitive To buy at too dear a rate.
OVERCANOPY
OVERCAN'OPY, verb transitive To cover as with a canopy.
OVERCARE
OVERCA'RE, noun Excessive care or anxiety.
OVERCAREFUL
OVERCA'REFUL, adjective Careful to excess.
OVERCARRY
OVERCAR'RY, verb transitive To carry too far; to carry or urge beyond the proper point.
OVERCAST
OVERC'AST, verb transitive1. To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom.The clouds that overcast our morn shall fly.2. To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high.The ...
OVERCAUTIOUS
OVERCAU'TIOUS, adjective Cautious or prudent to excess.
OVERCHARGE
OVERCH'ARGE, verb transitive1. To charge or load to excess; to cloy; to oppress.The heavy load of abundance with which we overcharge nature -2. To crowd too much.Our language is...
OVERCLIMB
OVERCLIMB, verb transitive To climb over.
OVERCLOUD
OVERCLOUD', verb transitive To cover or overspread with clouds.