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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.

overrating

a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.

Overreach

The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

Overreacher

One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.

Override

To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

Overrighteous

Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.

Overrule

To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.

Overruler

One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.

Overruling

Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.

Overrun

To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Oversee

To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.

Overseer

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

Oversell

To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.

Overset

An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

oversewn

sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together.

oversexed

Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.

Overshade

To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.

Overshadow

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

Overshadower

One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything.

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