Overstock O"ver新tock` noun Stock in excess. Tatler.

Overstock O`ver新tock" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Overstocked ; present participle & verbal noun Overstocking .] To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

Overstore O`ver新tore" transitive verb To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.

Overstrain O`ver新train" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Overstrained ; present participle & verbal noun Overstraining .] To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.

Overstrain O`ver新train" transitive verb To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.

Overstraitly O`ver新trait"ly adverb Too straitly or strictly. [ Obsolete] Sir W. Raleigh.

Overstraw O`ver新traw" transitive verb To overstrew. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Overstrew O`ver新trew" transitive verb To strew or scatter over.

Overstrict O"ver新trict" adjective Excessively strict.

Overstride O`ver新tride" transitive verb To stride over or beyond.

Overstrike O`ver新trike" transitive verb To strike beyond. [ Obsolete]

Overstrow O`ver新trow" transitive verb See Overstrew .

Overstudious O"ver新tu"di搗us adjective Too studious.

Oversubtile O"ver新ub"tile adjective Excessively subtile.

Oversum O"ver新um` noun A sum or quantity over; surplus. [ Obsolete] Holinshed.

Oversupply O`ver新up搆ly" transitive verb To supply in excess.

Oversupply O"ver新up搆ly` noun An excessive supply.

A general oversupply or excess of all commodities.

J. S. Mill.

Oversure O"ver新ure" adjective Excessively sure.

Oversway O`ver新way" transitive verb To bear sway over.

Overswell O`ver新well" transitive verb & i. To swell or rise above; to overflow. [ R.] Shak.

Overt O"vert adjective [ Old French overt , French ouvert , past participle of Old French ovrir , French ouvrir , to open, of uncertain origin; confer Italian aprire , OIt. also oprire , Latin aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover. Perch. from Latin aperire influenced by French couvrir to cover. Confer Aperient , Cover .]

1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.

Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise.

Bacon.

2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. Macaulay.

No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

Constitution of the U. S.

» In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.

Overtake O`ver暗ake" transitive verb [ imperfect Overtook ; past participle Overtaken ; present participle & verbal noun Overtaking .]

1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good.

Gen. xliv. 4.

He had him overtaken in his flight.

Spenser.

2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

If a man be overtaken in a fault.

Gal. vi. 1

I shall see
The winged vengeance overtake such children.

Shak.

3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle ( overtaken ), drunken. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Overtalk O`ver暗alk" intransitive verb To talk to excess. Milton.

Overtask O`ver暗ask" transitive verb To task too heavily.

Overtax O`ver暗ax" transitive verb To tax or to task too heavily.

Overtedious O`ver暗e"di搗us adjective Too tedious.

Overtempt O`ver暗empt" transitive verb To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.

Overthrow O`ver暗hrow" transitive verb [ imperfect Overthrew ; past participle Overthrown ; present participle & verbal noun Overthrowing .]

1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

His wife overthrew the table.

Jer. Taylor.

2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

When the walls of Thebes he overthrew .

Dryden.

[ Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.

Shak.

Syn. -- To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.

Overthrow O"ver暗hrow` noun 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

Your sudden overthrow much rueth me.

Spenser.

2. (a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. (b) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.

Overthwart O"ver暗hwart" (ō"vẽr*thwart") adjective 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.

2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. " Overthwart humor." Clarendon.

Overthwart O"ver暗hwart" adverb Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.

Overthwart O"ver暗hwart" preposition Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton.

Overthwart O"ver暗hwart` noun That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [ Obsolete] Surrey.

Overthwart O`ver暗hwart" transitive verb To cross; to oppose. [ Obsolete]

Overthwartly O"ver暗hwart"ly adverb In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [ Obsolete] Peacham.

Overthwartness O"ver暗hwart"ness noun The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [ Obsolete] Lord Herbert.

Overtilt O`ver暗ilt" transitive verb To tilt over; to overturn.

Overtime O"ver暗ime` noun Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

Overtire O`ver暗ire" transitive verb To tire to excess; to exhaust.

Overtire O`ver暗ire" transitive verb To become too tired. Br. Hall.

Overtitle O`ver暗i"tle transitive verb To give too high a title to.

Overtly O"vert損y adverb Publicly; openly.

Overtoil O`ver暗oil" transitive verb To overwork.

Overtoil O`ver暗oil" transitive verb To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled
By that day's grief and travel.

Tennyson.

Overtone O"ver暗one` noun [ A translation of German oberton . See Over , Tone .] (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic , and Tone . Tyndall.

Overtop O`ver暗op" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Overtopped ; present participle & verbal noun Overtopping .] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To ... 'ertop old Pelion." Shak.

2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.

If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order.

Milton.

3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

Overtower O`ver暗ow"er transitive verb To tower over or above.

Overtower O`ver暗ow"er intransitive verb To soar too high. [ R.] Fuller.

Overtrade O`ver暗rade" intransitive verb To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

Overtrading O`ver暗rad"ing noun The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

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