Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Overanxiety

O″ver‐anx‐i″e‐ty (?), n. The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

2378

Overanxious

O″ver‐anx″ious (?), a. Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. — O″ver‐anx″ious‐ly, adv.

2379

Overarch

O′ver‐arch″ (?), v. t. & i. To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. “Brown with o'erarching shades.” Pope.

2380

Overawe

O′ver‐awe″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Overawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Overawing.] To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.The king was present in person to o...

2381

Overawful

O″ver‐aw″ful (?), a. Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. Milton.

2382

Overbalance

O′ver‐bal″ance (?), v. t. 1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. Locke.2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

2383

Overbalance (2)

O″ver‐bal′ance (?), n. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards.

2384

Overbarren

O″ver‐bar″ren (?), a. Excessively barren.

2385

Overbattle

O″ver‐bat″tle (?), a. [Over + battle, a.] Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. “Overbattle grounds.” Hooker.

2386

Overbear

O′ver‐bear″ (?), v. t. 1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.The point of reputation, when the news first came of t...

2387

Overbear (2)

O′ver‐bear″, v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

2388

Overbearing

O′ver‐bear″ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts.2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.—O′ver‐bear″ing‐ly, adv. — O...

2389

Overbend

O′ver‐bend″ (?), v. t. To bend to excess.

2390

Overbend (2)

O′ver‐bend″, v. i. To bend over.

2391

Overbid

O′ver‐bid″ (?), v. t. To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.

2392

Overbide

O′ver‐bide″ (?), v. t. To outlive. Chaucer.

2393

Overblow

O′ver‐blow″ (?), v. i. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. Spenser.2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; ...

2394

Overblow (2)

O′ver‐blow″, v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.

2395

Overboard

O″ver‐board′ (?), adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent ...

2396

Overboil

O′ver‐boil″ (?), v. i. To boil over or unduly.Nor is discontent to keep the mindDeep in its fountain, lest it overboilIn the hot throng. Byron.

2397

Overbold

O′ver‐bold″ (?), a. Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak. — O″ver‐bold″ly, adv.

2398

Overbookish

O″ver‐book″ish (?), a. Excessively bookish.

2399

Overbounteous

O″ver‐boun″te‐ous, a. Bounteous to excess.

2400

Overbow

O′ver‐bow″ (?), v. t. To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. Fuller.

2401

Overbreed

O′ver‐breed″ (?), v. t. To breed to excess.

2402

Overbrim

O′ver‐brim″ (?), v. i. To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.

2403

Overbrow

O′ver‐brow″ (?), v. t. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. Longfellow.Did with a huge projection overbrowLarge space beneath. Wordsworth.