Emily Dickinson Lexicon

over (oer, o'er), adv. [OE; “over” modifying a verb to tell where or how an action occurs.]

1. There; to the place where you are.
2. Above; upon; touching.
3. Beyond normal limits; out of bounds.
4. Again; repeatedly.
5. Finished; past; ended; [irony] repeated; recurring; happening again; [fig.] at a distance.
6. Completely; thoroughly.
7. Higher than.
8. Phrase. “view … o'er”: survey; look across; examine from one end to the other; [ED quotation from a hymn text by Isaac Watts.]
9. Phrase. “over and over”/“oer and oer”: repeatedly; endlessly; many times; again and again.
10. Phrase. “run it over”: review it; repeat it; go through it again.
11. Phrase. “over there”: far away; in the distance.
12. Phrase. “count … o'er”: recount; account for all of; [fig.] review; remember.
13. Phrase. “turn o'er and o'er”: look at carefully; examine by sight repeatedly; study visually for a long time; return the gaze to again and again.