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Overleather O"ver·leath`er noun Upper leather. Shak.

Overleaven O`ver·leav"en transitive verb To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil. [ Obsolete]

Overliberal O"ver·lib"er·al adjective Too liberal.

Overliberally O"ver·lib"er·al·ly adverb In an overliberal manner.

Overlick O`ver·lick" transitive verb To lick over.

Overlie O`ver·lie" transitive verb [ imperfect Overlay ; past participle Overlain ; present participle & verbal noun Overlying .] To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Quain.

A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping.

Chaucer.

Overlight O"ver·light` noun Too strong a light. Bacon.

Overlight O"ver·light" adjective Too light or frivolous; giddy.

Overliness O"ver·li·ness noun The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Overlinger O"ver·lin"ger transitive verb To cause to linger; to detain too long. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Overlip O"ver·lip` noun [ Anglo-Saxon oferlibban .] The upper lip. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Overlive O`ver·live" transitive verb To outlive. Sir P. Sidney.

The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its political supermacy.

Earle.

Overlive O`ver·live" intransitive verb To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively. Milton. " Overlived in this close London life." Mrs. Browning.

Overliver O"ver·liv"er noun A survivor. Bacon.

Overload O`ver·load" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Overloaded ; present participle & verbal noun Overloading .] [ Confer Overlade .] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

Overload O"ver·load` noun An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Overlogical O"ver·log"ic·al adjective Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

Overlong O"ver·long" adjective & adverb Too long. Shak.

Overlook O`ver·look" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Overlooked ; present participle & verbal noun Overlooking .] 1. 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. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden.

[ Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.

Shak.

2. 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.

3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. " Overlook this pedigree." Shak.

The time and care that are required
To overlook and file and polish well.

Roscommon.

4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Shak.

If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die.

C. Kingsley.

5. 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.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked .

Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. )

They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.

Atterbury.

The pardoning and overlooking of faults.

Addison.

Overlooker O"ver·look"er noun One who overlooks.

Overloop O"ver·loop` noun See Orlop . [ Obsolete]

Overlord O"ver·lord` noun One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman.

Overlordship O"ver·lord"ship noun Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.

Overloud O"ver·loud" adjective Too loud; noisy.

Overlove O`ver·love" transitive verb To love to excess.

Overluscious O"ver·lus"cious adjective Excessively luscious.

Overlusty O"ver·lust"y adjective Too lusty, or lively. Shak.

Overly O"ver·ly adjective 1. Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [ Archaic] Bp. Hall.

2. Excessive; too much. [ R.] Coleridge.

Overly O"ver·ly adverb In an overly manner. [ Archaic]

Overlying O`ver·ly"ing adjective Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

Overmagnify O`ver·mag"ni·fy transitive verb To magnify too much. Bp. Hall.

Overmalapert O"ver·mal"a·pert adjective Excessively malapert or impudent. [ Obsolete] Prynne.

Overman O"ver·man noun ; plural - men 1. One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.

2. An arbiter.

3. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

Overmanner O"ver·man`ner adverb In an excessive manner; excessively. [ Obsolete] Wiclif.

Overmarch O`ver·march" transitive verb & i. To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker.

Overmast O`ver·mast" transitive verb (Nautical) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster O`ver·mas"ter transitive verb To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmatch O`ver·match" transitive verb 1. To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. Drayton.

2. To marry (one) to a superior. [ Obsolete] Burton.

Overmatch O"ver·match` noun One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. Milton. D. Webster.

Overmeasure O`ver·meas"ure transitive verb To measure or estimate too largely.

Overmeasure O"ver·meas`ure noun Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmeddle O`ver·med"dle transitive verb To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling O`ver·med"dling noun Excessive interference. "Justly shent for their overmeddling ." Fuller.

Overmellow O"ver·mel"low adjective Too mellow; overripe.

Overmerit O"ver·mer"it noun Excessive merit. Bacon.

Overmickle O"ver·mic"kle adjective & adverb Overmuch. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Overmix O`ver·mix" transitive verb To mix with too much.

Overmodest O"ver·mod"est adjective Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly , adverb

Overmoist O"ver·moist" adjective Excessively moist. Bacon.

Overmoisture O"ver·mois"ture noun Excess of moisture.

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