Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 41

Oversight (n.) Escape from an overlooked peril.

Oversize (v. t.) To surpass in size.

Oversize (v. t.) To cover with viscid matter.

Overskip (v. t.) To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.

Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

Overslaugh (n.) A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.

Overslaugh (v. t.) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.

Oversleep (v. t.) To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

Oversleep (v. i.) To sleep too long.

Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.

Overslip (v. t.) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.

Overslop (n.) An outer garment, or slop.

Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.

Overslow (a.) Too slow.

Oversmen (pl. ) of Oversman

Oversman (n.) An overseer; a superintendent.

Oversman (n.) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.

Oversnow (v. t.) To cover with snow, or as with snow.

Oversoon (adv.) Too soon.

Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess.

Oversoul (n.) The all-containing soul.

Oversow (v. t.) To sow where something has already been sown.

Overspan (v. t.) To reach or extend over.

Overspeak (v. t. & i.) To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.

Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Overspread (imp. & p. p.) of Overspread

Overspreading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overspread

Overspread (v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.

Overspread (v. i.) To be spread or scattered over.

Overspring (v. t.) To spring or leap over.

Overstand (v. t.) To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.

Overstare (v. t.) To outstare.

Overstare (v. i.) To stare wildly.

Overstated (imp. & p. p.) of Overstate

Overstating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstate

Overstate (v. t.) To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

Overstatement (n.) An exaggerated statement or account.

Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Overstay

Overstaid () of Overstay

Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstay

Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.

Overstepped (imp. & p. p.) of Overstep

Overstepping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstep

Overstep (v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.

Overstock (n.) Stock in excess.

Overstocked (imp. & p. p.) of Overstock

Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstock

Overstock (v. t.) To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

Overstore (v. t.) To overstock.

Over-story (n.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.

Overstrained (imp. & p. p.) of Overstrain

Overstraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstrain

Overstrain (v. i.) To strain one's self to excess.

Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.

Overstraitly (adv.) Too straitly or strictly.

Overstraw (v. t.) To overstrew.

Overstrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over.

Overstrict (a.) Excessively strict.

Overstride (v. t.) To stride over or beyond.

Overstrike (v. t.) To strike beyond.

Overstrow (v. t.) See Overstrew.

Overstudious (a.) Too studious.

Oversubtile (a.) Excessively subtile.

Oversum (n.) A sum or quantity over; surplus.

Oversupply (v. t.) To supply in excess.

Oversupply (n.) An excessive supply.

Oversure (a.) Excessively sure.

Oversway (v. t.) To bear sway over.

Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.

Overt (a.) Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.

Overt (a.) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.

Overtook (imp.) of Overtake

Overtaken (p. p.) of Overtake

Overtaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overtake

Overtake (v. t.) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

Overtake (v. t.) To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

Overtake (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.

Overtalk (v. i.) To talk to excess.

Overtask (v. t.) To task too heavily.

Overtax (v. t.) To tax or to task too heavily.

Overtedious (a.) Too tedious.

Overtempt (v. t.) To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.

Overthrew (imp.) of Overthrow

Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthrow

Overthrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overthrow

Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

Overthrow (n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.

Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.

Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.

Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Overthwart (prep.) Across; from alde to side of.

Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.

Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely.

Overthwartness (n.) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

Overtilt (v. t.) To tilt over; to overturn.

Overtime (n.) Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

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