OVERGROW
OVERGROW, verb transitive1. To cover with growth or herbage.2. To grow beyond; to rise above.OVERGROW, verb intransitive To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as a hugh overgr...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OVERGROWTH
OVERGROWTH, noun Exuberant or excessive growth.
OVERHALE
OVERHALE. [See Overhaul.]
OVERHANDLE
OVERHAND'LE, verb transitive To handle too much; to mention too often.
OVERHANG
OVERHANG', verb transitive1. To impend or hang over.2. To jut or project over.OVERHANG', verb intransitive To jut over.
OVERHARDEN
OVERH'ARDEN, verb transitive To harden too much; to make too hard.
OVERHASTILY
OVERHASTILY, adverb In too much haste.
OVERHASTINESS
OVERHASTINESS, noun Too much haste; percipitation.
OVERHASTY
OVERHASTY, adjective Too hasty; precipitate.
OVERHAUL
OVERHAUL', verb transitive1. To spread over.2. To turn over for examination; to separate and inspect.3. To draw over.4. To examine again.5. To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
OVERHEAD
OVERHEAD, adverb overhed'. Aloft; above; in the zenith or ceiling.
OVERHEAR
OVERHE'AR, verb transitive To hear by accident; to hear what is not addressed to the hearer, or not intended to be heard by him.
OVERHEARD
OVERHE'ARD, participle passive Heard by accident.
OVERHEAT
OVERHE'AT, verb transitive To heat to excess.
OVERHELE
OVERHE'LE, verb transitive To cover over. [Not used.]
OVERHEND
OVERHEND', verb transitive To overtake. [Not used.]
OVERJOY
OVERJOY', verb transitive To give great joy to; to transport with gladness.O'VERJOY, noun Joy to excess; transport.
OVERLABOR
OVERLA'BOR, verb transitive1. To harass with toil.2. To execute with too much care.
OVERLADE
OVERLA'DE, verb transitive To load with too great a cargo or other burden.
OVERLADEN
OVERLA'DEN, participle passive Overburdened; loaded to excess.
OVERLAID
OVERLA'ID, participle passive [See Overlay.] Oppressed with weight; smothered; covered over.
OVERLARGE
OVERL'ARGE, adjective Too large; too great.
OVERLARGENESS
OVERL'ARGENESS, noun Excess of size.
OVERLASH
OVERLASH', verb intransitive1. To exaggerate. [Little used.]2. To proceed to excess. [Little used.]
OVERLAY
OVERLA'Y, verb transitive1. To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; as a country overlaid with inhabitants.Our sins have overlaid our hopes.2. To cover to spread...
OVERLAYING
OVERLA'YING, noun A superficial covering. Exodus 38:17.
OVERLEAP
OVERLE'AP, verb transitive To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping; as, to overleap a ditch or a fence.