Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-PER'EMP-TO-RY – O-VER-RAT-ING
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Too peremptory.
O-VER-PER-SUAD-ED, pp.
Influenced beyond one's inclination or opinion.
O-VER-PICTURE, v.t.
To exceed the representation or picture. Shak.
O'VER-PLUS, n. [over and L. plus, more, or perhaps G. uberfluss, overflow.]
Surplus; that which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed. Take what is wanted and return the overplus. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune. Addison.
O-VER-PLY', v.t.
To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor. Milton.
O-VER-POISE, n. overpoiz'.
Preponderant weight. Dryden.
O-VER-POISE, v. overpoiz'.
To outweigh. Brown.
O-VER-POL'ISH, v.t.
To polish too much. Blackwell.
Too heavy; too depressing. Milton.
O-VER-POST, v.t.
To hasten over quickly.
O-VER-POWER, v.t.
- To affect with a power or force that can not be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
- To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in; action or submission; to defeat. Dryden. Watts.
O-VER-POW'ER-ED, pp.
Vanquished by superior force.
O-VER-POW'ER-ING, ppr.
Subduing; reducing to submission.
O-VER-POW'ER-ING-LY, adv.
With superior force.
O-VER-PRESS', v.t.
- To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Sidney. Swift.
- To overcome by importunity.
O-VER-PRIZE, v.t.
To value or prize at too high a rate. Wotton.
O-VER-PROMPT', a.
Too prompt; too ready or eager.
Excessive promptness; precipitation.
O-VER-PRO-POR-TION, v.t.
To make of too great proportion.
O-VER-QUIET-NESS, n.
Too much quietness. Brown.
O-VER-RAKE, v.t.
To break in upon a ship. When the waves break in upon a ship riding at anchor, it is said, they overrake her, or she is overraked. Mar. Dict.
O-VER-RANK', a.
Too rank or luxuriant. Moritmer.
O-VER-RATE, r.
t. To rate at too much; to estimate at a value or amount beyond the truth. Dryden.
O-VER-RAT-ED, pp.
Estimated at too high a rate.
O-VER-RAT-ING, ppr.
Placing too high a value on.