Overcast transitive verb
1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.

Dryden.

2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon.

3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Overcast transitive verb (Bookbinding) To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Overcatch transitive verb To overtake. [ Obsolete]

Overcautious adjective Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. -- O"ver*cau"tious*ly , adverb -- O"ver*cau"tiou*ness , noun

Overchange noun Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [ R.] Beau. & Fl.

Overcharge transitive verb [ Confer Supercharge , Surcharge .]

1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To fill too full; to crowd.

Our language is overcharged with consonants.

Addison.

3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.

Overcharged mine . (Mil.) See Globe of compression , under Globe .

Overcharge intransitive verb To make excessive charges.

Overcharge noun [ Confer Supercargo , Supercharge .]

1. An excessive load or burden.

2. An excessive charge in an account.

Overclimb transitive verb To climb over. Surrey.

Overcloud transitive verb To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

Overcloy transitive verb To fill beyond satiety. Shak.

Overcoat noun [ Confer Surcoat .] A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

Overcold adjective Cold to excess. Wiseman.

Overcolor transitive verb To color too highly.

Overcome transitive verb [ imperfect Overcame ; past participle Overcome ; p. pr & verbal noun Overcoming .] [ Anglo-Saxon ofercuman . See Over , Come , and confer Supervene .]

1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.

This wretched woman overcome
Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.

Spenser.

2. To overflow; to surcharge. [ Obsolete] J. Philips.

3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [ Obsolete]

And overcome us like a summer's cloud.

Shak.

Syn. -- To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer .

Overcome intransitive verb To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.

Overcomer noun One who overcomes.

Overcoming adjective Conquering; subduing. -- O`ver*com"ing*ly , adverb

Overconfidence noun Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

Overconfident adjective Confident to excess. -- O"ver*con"fi*dent*ly , adverb

Overcostly adjective Too costly. Milton.

Overcount transitive verb To rate too high; to outnumber. Shak.

Overcover transitive verb To cover up. Shak.

Overcredulous adjective Too credulous.

Overcrow transitive verb To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak.

Overcrowd transitive verb To crowd too much.

Overcunning adjective Exceedingly or excessively cunning.

Overcurious adjective Too curious.

Overdare transitive verb & i. To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Overdate transitive verb To date later than the true or proper period. Milton.

Overdeal noun The excess. [ Obsolete]

The overdeal in the price will be double.

Holland.

Overdelicate adjective Too delicate.

Overdelighted adjective Delighted beyond measure.

Overdevelop transitive verb To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.) , to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process.

Overdight adjective Covered over. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Overdo transitive verb [ imperfect Overdid ; past participle Overdone ; present participle & verbal noun Overdoing .]
1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.

Shak.

2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

3. To surpass; to excel. [ R.] Tennyson.

4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

Overdo intransitive verb To labor too hard; to do too much.

Overdoer noun One who overdoes.

Overdose transitive verb To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

Overdose noun Too great a dose; an excessive dose.

Overdraft noun (Banking) The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.

Overdraw transitive verb [ imperfect Overdrew ; past participle Overdrawn ; present participle & verbal noun Overdrawing .]

1. To exaggerate; to overdo.

2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

Overdress transitive verb To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope.

Overdrink transitive verb & i. To drink to excess.

Overdrive transitive verb & i. To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.

Overdrown transitive verb To wet or drench to excess. [ Obsolete] W. Browne.

Overdry transitive verb To dry too much. Burton.

Overdue adjective Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.

Overdye transitive verb To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another). Shak.

Overeager adjective Too eager; too impatient. -- O`ver*ea"ger*ly , adverb -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness , noun