Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 39

Overmarch (v. t. & i.) To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching.

Overmast (v. t.) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmatch (v. t.) To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.

Overmatch (v. t.) To marry (one) to a superior.

Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.

Overmeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate too largely.

Overmeasure (n.) Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmeddle (v. t.) To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling (n.) Excessive interference.

Overmellow (a.) Too mellow; overripe.

Overmerit (n.) Excessive merit.

Overmickle (a. & adv.) Overmuch.

Overmix (v. t.) To mix with too much.

Overmodest (a.) Modest to excess; bashful.

Overmoist (a.) Excessively moist.

Overmoisture (n.) Excess of moisture.

Overmore (adv.) Beyond; moreover.

Overmorrow (n.) The day after or following to-morrow.

Overmost (a.) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.

Overmount (v. t.) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Overmuch (a.) Too much.

Overmuch (adv.) In too great a degree; too much.

Overmuch (n.) An excess; a surplus.

Overmuchness (n.) The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.

Overmultiply (v. t. & i.) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.

Overmultitude (v. t.) To outnumber.

Overname (v. t.) To name over or in a series; to recount.

Overneat (a.) Excessively neat.

Overnice (a.) Excessively nice; fastidious.

Overnight (n.) The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.

Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

Overnoise (v. t.) To overpower by noise.

Overnumerous (a.) Excessively numerous; too many.

Overoffice (v. t.) To domineer over by virtue of office.

Overofficious (a.) Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious.

Overpaint (v. t.) To color or describe too strongly.

Overpamper (v. t.) To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much.

Overpart (v. t.) To give too important or difficult a part to.

Overpassed (imp. & p. p.) of Overpass

Overpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpass

Overpass (v. t.) To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

Overpass (v. t.) To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

Overpass (v. t.) To surpass; to excel.

Overpass (v. i.) To pass over, away, or off.

Overpassionate (a.) Passionate to excess.

Overpatient (a.) Patient to excess.

Overpaid (imp. & p. p.) of Overpay

Overpaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpay

Overpay (v. t.) To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Overpeer (v. t.) To peer over; to rise above.

Overpeople (v. t.) To people too densely.

Overperch (v. t.) To perch upon; to fly over.

Overpersuade (v. t.) To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overpester (v. t.) To pester exceedingly or excessively.

Overpicture (v. t.) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of.

Overplease (v. t.) To please excessively.

Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus.

Overply (v. t.) To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.

Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Overpolish (v. t.) To polish too much.

Overponderous (a.) Too heavy.

Overpost (v. t.) To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post.

Overpotent (a.) Too potent or powerful.

Overpowered (imp. & p. p.) of Overpower

Overpowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overpower

Overpower (v. t.) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

Overpower (n.) A dominating power.

Overpowering (a.) Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.

Overpraise (v. t.) To praise excessively or unduly.

Overpraising (n.) The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Overpress (v. t.) To overcome by importunity.

Overpressure (n.) Excessive pressure or urging.

Overprize (v. t.) Toprize excessively; to overvalue.

Overproduction (n.) Excessive production; supply beyond the demand.

Overprompt (a.) Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.

Overproof (a.) Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

Overproportion (v. t.) To make of too great proportion.

Overproud (a.) Exceedingly or unduly proud.

Overprovident (a.) Too provident.

Overprovoke (v. t.) To provoke excessively.

Overquell (v. t.) To quell or subdue completely.

Overquietness (n.) Too much quietness.

Overraked (imp. & p. p.) of Overrake

Overraking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrake

Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.

Overrank (a.) Too rank or luxuriant.

Overrated (imp. & p. p.) of Overrate

Overrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrate

Overrate (v. t.) To rate or value too highly.

Overrate (n.) An excessive rate.

Overreached (imp. & p. p.) of Overreach

Overraught () of Overreach

Overreaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overreach

Overreach (v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.

Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.

Overreach (v. i.) To reach too far

Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

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