OVERSTRAIN
OVERSTRA'IN, verb intransitive To strain to excess; to make too violent efforts.OVERSTRA'IN, verb transitive To stretch too far.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OVERSTREW
OVERSTREW',OVERSTRI'KE, verb transitive To strike beyond.
OVERSTRIKE
OVERSTRI'KE, v.t. To strike beyond.
OVERSTROW
OVERSTROW, verb transitive To spread or scatter over.
OVERSTROWN
OVERSTROWN, participle passive Spread or scattered over.
OVERSUPPLY
OVERSUPPLY', verb transitive To furnish more than is sufficient.
OVERSWAY
OVERSWA'Y, verb transitive To overrule; to bear down; to control.
OVERSWELL
OVERSWELL', verb transitive To swell or rise above; to overflow.
OVERT
O'VERT, adjective [Latin aperio.]Open to view; public; apparent; as overt virtues; an overt essay. But the word is now used chiefly in law. Thus an overt act of treason is disti...
OVERTAKE
OVERTA'KE, verb transitive1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch.The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake Exodus 15:9.2. To come upon; to fa...
OVERTASK
OVERT'ASK, verb transitive To impose too heavy a task or injunction on.
OVERTAX
OVERTAX', verb transitive To tax too heavily.
OVERTHROW
OVERTHROW, verb transitive [See Throw.]1. To turn upside down.His wife overthrew the table.2. To throw down.3. To ruin; to demolish.When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.4. To d...
OVERTHROWER
OVERTHROWER, noun One that overthrows, defeats or destroys.
OVERTHWART
OVERTHWART', adjective1. Opposite; being over the way or street.2. Crossing at right angles.3. Cross; perverse; adverse; contradictions.OVERTHWART', preposition Across; from sid...
OVERTHWARTLY
OVERTHWART'LY, adverb1. Across; transversely.2. Perversely.
OVERTHWARTNESS
OVERTHWART'NESS, noun1. The state of being athwart or lying across.2. Perverseness; pervicacity.
OVERTIRE
OVERTI'RE, verb transitive To tire to excess; to subdue by fatigue.
OVERTITLE
OVERTI'TLE, verb transitive To give too high a title to.
OVERTLY
O'VERTLY, adverb Openly; in open view; publicly.
OVERTOOK
OVERTOOK', preterit tense of overtake.
OVERTOP
OVERTOP', verb transitive1. To rise above the top.2. To excel; to surpass.3. To obscure; to make of less importance by superior excellence.
OVERTOWER
OVERTOW'ER, verb transitive To soar too high.
OVERTRIP
OVERTRIP', verb transitive To trip over; to walk nimbly over.
OVERTRUST
OVERTRUST', verb transitive To trust with too much confidence.
OVERTURE
O'VERTURE, noun1. Opening; disclosure; discovery. [In this literal sense, little used.]2. Proposal; something offered for consideration, acceptance or rejection. The prince made...
OVERTURN
OVERTURN', verb transitive1. To overset; to turn or throw from a basis or foundation; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.2. To subvert; to ruin; to destroy.3. To overpower...