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Overget

To reach; to overtake; to pass.

Overgive

To give over; to surrender; to yield.

Overglaze

Applied over the glaze; -- said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware. Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.

Overgloom

To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.

Overgrace

To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert.

Overgrassed

Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass.

Overground

Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.

Overgrow

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large; as, a huge, overgrown ox.

overhanded

performed with the arm moving above the shoulder; overhand{2}; -- of methods of throwing, especially in baseball. Contrasted with underhand and sidearm.

Overhandle

To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often.

Overhang

In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

Overhaul

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

Overhead

Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

Overheat

To heat to excess; to superheat.

Overhip

To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass.

Overhold

To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.

Overhung

Covered over; ornamented with hangings.

Overinfluence

To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

Overinform

To inform, fill, or animate, excessively.

Overjump

To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore.

Overking

A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.

Overlade

To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.

Overlander

One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

Overlap

The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

overlapping

A covering with an overlapping design, as with tiles or shingles.

Overlash

To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.

Overlayer

One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

Overlead

To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity.

Overleap

To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.

overlearn

To learn (a fact or skill) repetitively, beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled; in experimental psychology, to continue to learn beyond the point where the criterion of adequate learning has been reached.

overlearned

Learned by repetitive practice or memorization, beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled.

Overleaven

To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.

Overlie

To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

Overliness

The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.

Overlive

To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively.

Overload

An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Overlogical

Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

Overlook

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to be situated above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the marketplace.

Overlord

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.

Overlordship

Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.

Overly

Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.

Overlying

Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

Overman

One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.

Overmarch

To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching.

Overmast

To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmatch

One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.

Overmeasure

Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmost

Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.

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