Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-WHELM'ING – O-VI-PO-SI'TION
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
O-VER-WHELM'ING, ppr.
Crushing with weight or numbers.
O-VER-WHELM'ING-LY, adv.
In a manner to overwhelm.
O-VER-WING', v.t.
To outflank; to extend beyond the wing of an army. Milton.
O-VER-WISE', a. [s as z.]
Wise to affectation. Ecclus.
O-VER-WISE'NESS, n.
Pretended or affected wisdom. Ralegh.
O-VER-WORD', v.t.
To say too much.
O'VER-WORK, n.
Work done beyond the amount required by stipulation.
O-VER-WORK', v.t.
To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much; to tire. South.
O-VER-WORK'ED, pp.
Worked beyond strength.
O-VER-WORK'ING, ppr.
Working to excess.
O-VER-WORN', a.
- Worn out; subdued by toil. Dryden.
- Spoiled by time. Shak.
O-VER-WRES'TLE, v.t. [overres'l.]
To subdue by wrestling. Spenser.
O-VER-WROUGHT, pp. [orerraut'.]
- Labored to excess. Dryden.
- Worked all over; as, overwrought with ornaments. Pope.
O-VER-YEAR-ED, a.
Too old. [Not used.] Fairfax.
O-VER-ZEAL-ED, a.
Too much excited with zeal; ruled by too much zeal. Fuller.
O-VER-ZEAL-OUS, a. [overzel'ous.]
Too zealous; easer to excess. Locke.
O-VIC'U-LAR, a. [from L. ovum, an egg.]
Pertaining to an egg. Bryant.
O'VI-DUCT, n. [L. ovum, an egg, and ductus, a duct.]
In animals, a passage for the egg from the ovary to the womb, or a passage which conveys the egg from the ovary. Hist. Roy. Soc.
O-VI'FER-OUS, or O-VIG'ER-OUS, a. [L. ovum and fero, or gero.]
Egg-bearing; an epithet applied to certain receptacles for eggs, after being excluded from the formative organs.
O'VI-FORM, a. [L. ovum, egg, and forma, form.]
Having the form or figure of an egg. Burnet.
O'VINE, a. [L. ovinus, from ovis, sheep.]
Pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.
O-VIP'A-ROUS, a. [L. ovum, egg, and pario, to produce.]
Producing eggs, or producing young from eggs. Fowls and reptiles are oviparous animals.
O-VI-POS'IT, v.t. [L. ovum and pono.]
To lay eggs.
O-VI-POS'IT-ER, n.
One that deposits eggs.
O-VI-PO-SI'TION, n. [L. ovum, egg, and positio, a depositing.]
The laying or depositing of eggs, as animals. Kirby.