Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 40

Overreach (v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

Overreach (v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.

Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

Overreacher (n.) One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.

Overread (v. t.) To read over, or peruse.

Overready (a.) Too ready.

Overreckon (v. t.) To reckon too highly.

Overred (v. t.) To smear with red.

Overrefine (v. t.) To refine too much.

Overrefinement (n.) Excessive refinement.

Overrent (v. t.) To rent for too much.

Overrich (a.) Exccessively rich.

Overrode (imp.) of Override

Overridden (p. p.) of Override

Overrode () of Override

Overrid () of Override

Overriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Override

Override (v. t.) To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.

Override (v. t.) To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.

Override (v. t.) To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Overrigged (a.) Having too much rigging.

Overrighteous (a.) Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.

Overrigid (a.) Too rigid; too severe.

Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.

Overripe (a.) Matured to excess.

Overripen (v. t.) To make too ripe.

Overroast (v. t.) To roast too much.

Overruled (imp. & p. p.) of Overrule

Overruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrule

Overrule (v. t.) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

Overrule (v. t.) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.

Overrule (v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

Overrule (v. i.) To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.

Overruler (n.) One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.

Overruling (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.

Overran (imp.) of Overrun

Overrun (p. p.) of Overrun

Overrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrun

Overrun (v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.

Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.

Overrun (v. t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.

Overrun (v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.

Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.

Overrun (v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.

Overrun (v. i.) To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Overrun (v. i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.

Overrunner (n.) One that overruns.

Oversaturate (v. t.) To saturate to excess.

Oversay (v. t.) To say over; to repeat.

Overscented (a.) Scented excessively.

Overscented (a.) Covered or concealed by a different odor.

Overscrupulosity (n.) Overscrupulousness.

Overscrupulous (a.) Scrupulous to excess.

Overscrupulousness (n.) The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.

Oversea (a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.

Oversea (adv.) Alt. of Overseas

Overseas (adv.) Over the sea; abroad.

Oversearch (v. t.) To search all over.

Overseason (v. t.) To season too highly.

Oversaw (imp.) of Oversee

Overseen (p. p.) of Oversee

Overseeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversee

Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.

Oversee (v. t.) To omit or neglect seeing.

Oversee (v. i.) To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.

Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

Overseership (n.) The office of an overseer.

Oversold (imp. & p. p.) of Oversell

Overselling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversell

Oversell (v. t.) To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.

Oversell (v. t.) To sell beyond means of delivery.

Overset (imp. & p. p.) of Overset

Oversetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overset

Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building.

Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.

Overset (v. t.) To fill too full.

Overset (v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset.

Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

Overset (n.) An excess; superfluity.

Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.

Overshadowed (imp. & p. p.) of Overshadow

Overshadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshadow

Overshadow (v. t.) To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.

Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything.

Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.

Overshake (v. t.) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Overshine (v. t.) To shine over or upon; to illumine.

Overshine (v. t.) To excel in shining; to outshine.

Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.

Overshot (imp. & p. p.) of Overshoot

Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoot

Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.

Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.

Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.

Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.

Overshot (a.) From Overshoot, v. t.

Oversight (n.) Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.

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