OVERQUIETNESS
OVERQUI'ETNESS, noun Too much quietness.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
1.512 entradas
OVERQUI'ETNESS, noun Too much quietness.
OVERRA'KE, verb transitive To break in upon a ship. When the waves break in upon a ship riding at anchor, it is said, they overrake her, or she is overraked.
OVERRANK', adjective Too rank or luxuriant.
OVERRA'TE, verb transitive To rate at too much; to estimate at a value or amount beyond the truth.
OVERRE'ACH, verb transitive1. To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond.2. To deceive by cunning, artifice or sagacity; to cheat.OVERRE'ACH, verb intrans...
OVERRE'ACHER, noun One that overreaches; one that deceives.
OVERRE'ACHING, noun The act of deceiving; a reaching too far.
OVERRE'AD, verb transitive To read over; to peruse. [Not used.]
OVERRED', verb transitive To smear with a red color. [Not used.]
OVERRID',OVERRID'DEN, participle passive Rid to excess.
OVERRID'DEN, pp. Rid to excess.
OVERRI'DE, verb transitive1. To ride over. [Not used.]2. To ride too much; to ride beyond the strength of the horse.
OVERRI'PEN, verb transitive To make too ripe.
OVERROAST, verb transitive To roast too much.
OVERRU'LE, verb transitive1. To influence or control by predominant power; to subject to superior authority. The law must overrule all private opinions of right and wrong.His pa...
OVERRU'LER, noun One who controls, directs or governs.
OVERRU'LING, participle passive1. Controlling; subjecting to authority.2.adjective Exerting superior and controlling power; as an overruling Providence.
OVERRUN', verb transitive1. To run or spread over; to grow over; to cover all over. The sluggard's farm is overrun with weeds. Some plants unchecked will soon overrun a field. T...
OVERRUN'NER, noun One that overruns.
OVERRUN'NING, participle present tense Spreading over; ravaging; changing the disposition of types.
OVERSAT'URATE, verb transitive To saturate to excess.
OVERSAT'URATED, participle passive More than saturated.
OVERSAT'URATING, participle present tense Saturating to excess.
OVERSCRU'PULOUS, adjective Scrupulous to excess.
OVERSEA, adjective Foreign; from beyond sea.
OVERSEE', verb transitive1. To superintend; to overlook, implying care.2. To pass unheeded; to omit; to neglect. [Not used.]
OVERSEE'N, participle passive1. Superintended.2. Mistaken; deceived. [Not used.]