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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.

Overmount

To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Overmuch

Too much. In too great a degree; too much. An excess; a surplus.

Overmuchness

The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.

Overmultiply

To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.

Overname

To name over or in a series; to recount.

Overnight

The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.

overnight

Ocurring or accomplished during one night; as, guaranteed overnight delivery of a package.

Overpamper

To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much.

Overpart

To give too important or difficult a part to.

overpass

A road or other pathway which passes over another road, railroad, or other path; as, he stopped on the street under the railroad overpass.

Overpay

To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Overpersuade

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overpicture

To surpass nature in the picture or representation of.

Overplus

That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus.

Overply

To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.

Overpoise

Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Overpost

To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post.

overpowered

rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something.

Overpress

To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Overprompt

Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.

Overproof

Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

Overrake

To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.

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