Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O'VER, adv.

1. From side to side; as, a board a foot over; a tree a foot over, a foot in diameter.
2. On the opposite side. The boat is safe over.
3. From one to another by passing; as, to deliver over goods to another.
4. From one country to another by passing; as, to carry any thing over to France, or to bring any thing over to England. – Bacon.
5. On the surface.
6. Above the top. Good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. – Luke vi.
7. More than the quantity assigned; beyond a limit. He that gathered much had nothing over. – Exod. xvi.
8. Throughout; from beginning to end; completely; as, to read over a book; to argue a question over again. Over and over, repeatedly; once and again. And every night review'd it o'er and o'er. – Harte. Over again, once more; with repetition. O kill not all my kindred o'er again. – Dryden. Over and above, besides; beyond what is supposed or limited. He gained, over and above, the good will of the people. – L'Estrange. Over against, opposite; in front. Over against this church stands a large hospital. – Addison. Over is used with rolling or turning from side to side; as, to turn over; to roll over. To give over, to cease from; as, to give over an enterprise. #2. To consider as in a hopeless state; as, the physicians have given over their patient. Over, in composition, denotes spreading, covering above; as in overcast, overflow; or across, as to overhear; or above, as to overhang; or turning, changing sides, as in overturn; or more generally beyond, implying excess or superiority, as in overact, overcome.