Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-FOR'WARD, a.

Forward to excess.

O-VER-FOR'WARD-NESS, n.

Too great forwardness or readiness; officiousness. Hale.

O-VER-FREIGHT', v.t. [overfra'te. See Freight.]

To load too heavily; to fill with too great quantity or numbers; as, to overfreight a boat.

O-VER-FRUIT'FUL, a.

Too rich; producing superabundant crops. Dryden.

O-VER-FULL', a.

Too full.

O-VER-GET', v.t.

To reach; to overtake. [Not used.] Sidney.

O-VER-GILD', v.t.

To gild over; to varnish.

O-VER-GIRD', v.t.

To gird or bind too closely. Milton.

O-VER-GLANCE', v.t.

To glance over; to run over with the eye. Shak.

O-VER-GO', v.t.

1. To exceed; to surpass. Sidney.
2. To cover. [Not used.] Chapman.

O-VER-GONE', pp. [overgawn'.]

Injured; ruined. Shak.

O-VER-GORGE', v.t. [overgorj'.]

To gorge to excess. Shak.

O-VER-GRASS'ED, pp.

Overstocked with grass; overgrown with grass. Spenser.

O-VER-GREAT', a.

Too great. Locke.

O-VER-GROW', v.i.

To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge overgrown ox. L'Estrange.

O-VER-GROW', v.t.

1. To cover with growth or herbage. Spenser.
2. To grow beyond; to rise above. Mortimer.

O-VER-GROWN', pp.

1. Covered with herbage; risen above.
2. Grown beyond the natural size.

O'VER-GROWTH, n.

Exuberant or excessive growth. Bacon.

O-VER-HALE', v.t. [See OVERHAUL.]

O-VER-HAND'LE, v.t.

To handle too much; to mention too often. Shak.

O-VER-HANG', v.i.

To jut over. Milton.

O-VER-HANG', v.t.

1. To impend or hang over.
2. To jut or project over. Milton.

O-VER-HANG'ING, a.

Hanging over or above.

O-VER-HARD'EN, v.t.

To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.

O-VER-HASTE', n.

Too great haste.