Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 38

Overheavy (a.) Excessively heavy.

Overhele (v. t.) To hele or cover over.

Overhent (v. t.) To overtake.

Overhigh (a.) Too high.

Overhighly (adv.) Too highly; too greatly.

Overhipped (imp. & p. p.) of Overhip

Overhipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhip

Overhip (v. t.) To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass.

Overhold (v. t.) To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.

Overhung (a.) Covered over; ornamented with hangings.

Overhung (a.) Suspended from above or from the top.

Overinfluence (v. t.) To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

Overinform (v. t.) To inform, fill, or animate, excessively.

Overissue (n.) An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority.

Overissue (v. t.) To issue in excess.

Overjealous (a.) Excessively jealous; too jealous.

Overjoy (v. t.) To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.

Overjoy (n.) Excessive joy; transport.

Overjump (v. t.) To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore.

Overking (n.) A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.

Overknowing (a.) Too knowing or too cunning.

Overlabored (imp. & p. p.) of Overlabor

Overlaboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlabor

Overlabor (v. t.) To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.

Overlabor (v. t.) To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.

Overladed (imp.) of Overlade

Overladen (p. p.) of Overlade

Overlading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlade

Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.

Overland (a.) Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.

Overland (adv.) By, upon, or across, land.

Overlander (n.) One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

Overlanguaged (a.) Employing too many words; diffuse.

Overlap (v. t. & i.) To lap over; to lap.

Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

Overlap (n.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Overlarge (a.) Too large; too great.

Overlargeness (n.) Excess of size or bulk.

Overlash (v. i.) To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.

Overlashing (n.) Excess; exaggeration.

Overlate (a.) Too late; exceedingly late.

Overlave (v. t.) To lave or bathe over.

Overlavish (a.) Lavish to excess.

Overlaid (imp. & p. p.) of Overlay

Overlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlay

Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

Overlay (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

Overlay (v. t.) To put an overlay on.

Overlay (n.) A covering.

Overlay (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

Overlayer (n.) One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

Overlaying (n.) A superficial covering; a coating.

Overlead (v. t.) To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity.

Overleap (v. t.) To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

Overlearned (a.) Too learned.

Overleather (n.) Upper leather.

Overleaven (v. t.) To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.

Overliberal (a.) Too liberal.

Overliberally (adv.) In an overliberal manner.

Overlick (v. t.) To lick over.

Overlay (imp.) of Overlie

Overlain (p. p.) of Overlie

Overlying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlie

Overlie (v. t.) To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

Overlight (n.) Too strong a light.

Overlight (a.) Too light or frivolous; giddy.

Overliness (n.) The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.

Overlinger (v. t.) To cause to linger; to detain too long.

Overlip (n.) The upper lip.

Overlive (v. t.) To outlive.

Overlive (v. i.) To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Overliver (n.) A survivor.

Overloaded (imp. & p. p.) of Overload

Overloading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overload

Overload (v. t.) To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

Overload (n.) An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Overlogical (a.) Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

Overlong (a. & adv.) Too long.

Overlooked (imp. & p. p.) of Overlook

Overlooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlook

Overlook (v. t.) To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.

Overlook (v. t.) To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

Overlook (v. t.) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.

Overlooker (n.) One who overlooks.

Overloop (n.) See Orlop.

Overlord (n.) One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.

Overlordship (n.) Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.

Overloud (a.) Too loud; noisy.

Overlove (v. t.) To love to excess.

Overluscious (a.) Excessively luscious.

Overlusty (a.) Too lusty, or lively.

Overly (a.) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.

Overly (a.) Excessive; too much.

Overly (adv.) In an overly manner.

Overlying (a.) Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

Overmagnify (v. t.) To magnify too much.

Overmalapert (a.) Excessively malapert or impudent.

Overmanner (adv.) In an excessive manner; excessively.

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