Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-LASH' – O'VER-LY
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O-VER-LASH', v.i.
- To exaggerate. [Little used.] Barrow.
- To proceed to excess. [Little used.] Boyle.
O-VER-LASH'ING-LY, adv.
With exaggeration.
O-VER-LAV'ISH, a.
Lavish to excess.
O-VER-LAY, v.t.
- To lay too much upon; to oppress with incumbent weight; as, a country overlaid with inhabitants. Ralegh. Our sins have overlaid our hopes. K. Charles.
- To cover or spread over the surface; as, to overlay capitals of columns with silver; cedar overlaid with gold.
- To smother with close covering; as, to overlay an infant. Milton.
- To overwhelm; to smother. A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden.
- To cloud; to overcast. As when a cloud his beam doth overlay. Spenser.
- To cover; to join two opposite sides by a cover. And overlay / With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. Milton.
O-VER-LAY'ING, n.
A superficial covering. Exod. xxxviii.
O-VER-LEAP', v.t.
To leap over; to pass or move from side to side by leaping; as, to overleap a ditch or a fence. Dryden.
O-VER-LEAP'ED, pp.
Leaped over; passed by leaping.
O'VER-LEATH-ER, or O'VER-LETH-ER, n.
The leather which forms or is intended to form the upper part of a shoe; that which is over the foot. [With us, this is called upper leather.] Shak.
O-VER-LEAV'EN, v.t. [overlev'n.]
- To leaven too much; to cause to rise and swell too much. B. Jonson.
- To mix too much with; to corrupt. Shak.
O-VER-LIB'ER-AL, a.
Too liberal; too free; abundant to excess; as, overliberal diet. Bacon.
O-VER-LIE', v.t.
To lie over or upon something. Mantell.
O-VER-LIGHT', n.
Too strong a light. Bacon.
O-VER-LIVE', v.t.1 [overlive'.]
To outlive; to live longer than another; to survive. [We generally use outlive.] Sidney.
O-VER-LIVE', v.t.2 [overliv'.]
To live too long. Milton.
O-VER-LIV'ER, n.
One that lives longest; a survivor.
O-VER-LOAD', v.t.
To load with too heavy a burden or cargo; to fill to excess; as, to overload the stomach or a vehicle.
O-VER-LOAD'ED, pp.
Loaded too heavily; filled to excess.
O-VER-LOAD'ING, ppr.
Putting on too heavy a burden; filling to excess.
O-VER-LONG', a.
Too long. Boyle.
O-VER-LOOK', v.t.
- To view from a higher place; applied to persons; as, to stand on a hill and overlook a city.
- To stand in a more elevated place, or to rise so high as to afford the means of looking down on; applied to things. The tower overlooked the town.
- To see from behind or over the shoulder of another; to see from a higher position; as, to overlook a paper when one is writing. Dryden.
- To view fully; to peruse. Shak.
- To inspect; to superintend; to oversee; implying care and watchfulness. He was present in person to overlook the magistrates. Spenser.
- To review; to examine a second time or with care. The time and care that are required / To overlook, and file and polish well. Roscommon.
- To pass by indulgently; to excuse; not to punish or censure; as, to overlook faults. Addison.
- To neglect; to slight. They overlook truth in the judgment they pass on adversity and prosperity. Atterbury.
O-VER-LOOK'ED, pp.
Viewed from a higher place; seen from over the shoulder; passed by indulgently; neglected; slighted.
O-VER-LOOK'ER, n.
One that overlooks.
O'VER-LOOP, v. [Now written Orlop, – which see.]
O-VER-LOVE', v.t.
To love to excess; to prize or value too much. Hall.
O'VER-LY, a. [Sax. oferlice.]
Careless; negligent; inattentive. [Not used.] Hall.