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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.

Overshake

To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.

Overshoe

A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galosh.

Overshot

Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.

Oversight

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

oversimplified

simplified excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications. Contrasted with overcomplicated.

oversimplify

to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications; as, Don't oversimplify the rules.

Overskip

To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference.

Overskirt

An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

Overslaugh

To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.

Overslip

To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.

Oversnow

To cover with snow, or as with snow.

Oversow

To sow where something has already been sown.

Overspeak

To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.

Overspin

To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Overstand

To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.

Overstate

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

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