Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-STAND', v.t.

To stand too much on price or conditions; to lose a sale by holding the price too high. Dryden.

O-VER-STARE, v.t.

To stare wildly. [Not used.] Ascham.

O-VER-STATE, v.t.

To exaggerate in statement; to state in too strong terms. D. Webster.

O-VER-STEP', v.t.

To step over or beyond; to exceed. Shak.

O-VER-STEPT', pp.

Exceeded or stept beyond proper bounds.

O-VER-STOCK', n.

Superabundance; more than is sufficient. Tatler.

O-VER-STOCK', v.t.

1. To fill too full; to crowd; to supply with more than is wanted. The world may be overstocked with inhabitants. The market is often overstocked with goods.
2. To furnish with more cattle than are wanted; as, to overstock a farm.
3. To supply with more seed than is wanted; as, to overstock land with clover.

O-VER-STOCK'ED, pp.

Filled too full; crowded; furnished with more cattle than are wanted, as a farm.

O-VER-STORE', v.t.

To strain to excess; to supply or fill with superabundance. Hale.

O-VER-STRAIN', v.i.

To store with too much; to make too violent efforts. Dryden.

O-VER-STRAIN', v.t.

To stretch too far. Ayliffe.

O-VER-STREW', or O-VER-STROW', v.t.

To spread or scatter over. Shak.

O-VER-STRIKE', v.t.

To strike beyond. Spenser.

O-VER-STROWN', pp.

Spread or scattered over. J. Barlow.

O-VER-STUFF'ED, a.

Stuffed to excess.

O-VER-SUP-PLY', v.t.

To furnish more than is sufficient. Melmoth.

O-VER-SWARM'ING, a.

Swarming to excess.

O-VER-SWAY', v.t.

To overrule; to bear down; to control. Hooker.

O-VER-SWELL', v.t.

To swell or rise above; to overflow. Shak.

O-VER-SWELL'ED, pp.

Swelled to excess.

O'VERT, a. [Fr. ouvert, from ouvrir, to open, It. aprire, L. aperio.]

Open to view; public; apparent; as, overt virtues; an overt essay. But the word is now used chiefly in law. Thus an overt act of treason is distinguished from secret design or intention not carried into effect, and even from words spoken. A market overt, is a place where goods are publicly exposed to sale. A pound overt, is one open overhead, as distinguished from a pound covert or close. Blackstone.

O-VER-TAKE, v.t.

1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake. Exod. xv.
2. To come upon; to fall on afterward. Vengeance shall overtake the wicked.
3. To take by surprise. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness. Gal. vi.

O-VER-TAK'EN, pp.

Come up with in pursuit; caught; taken by surprise.

O-VER-TASK', v.t.

To impose too heavy a task or injunction on. Harvey.

O-VER-TASK'ED, pp.

Tasked too heavily.