Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-LY'ING – O-VER-PAID'
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O-VER-LY'ING, ppr.
Lying over.
O-VER-MAST', v.t.
To furnish with a mast or with masts that are too long or too heavy for the weight of keel.
O-VER-MAST'ED, pp.
Having masts too long or too heavy for the ship. Mar. Dict.
O-VER-MAS'TER, v.t.
To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern. Milton.
O-VER-MATCH', n.
One superior in power; one able to overcome. Milton. Addison.
O-VER-MATCH', v.t.
To be too powerful for; to conquer; to subdue; to suppress by superior force. Dryden.
O-VER-MATCH'ED, a.
Exceeded in power.
O-VER-MEAS-URE, n. [overmezh'ur.]
Excess of measure; something that exceeds the measure proposed.
O-VER-MEAS-URE, v.t. [overmezh'ur.]
To measure or estimate too largely. Bacon.
O-V-ER-MIX', v.t.
To mix with too much. Creech.
O-VER-MOD'EST, a.
Modest to excess; bashful. Hales.
O'VER-MOST, a.
Highest; over the rest in authority. Ainsworth.
O-VER-MUCH', a.
Too much; exceeding what is necessary or proper. Locke.
O-VER-MUCH', adv.
In too great a degree. Hooker.
O-VER-MUCH', n.
More than sufficient. Milton.
O-VER-MUCH'NESS, n.
Superabundance. [Not used and barbarous.] B. Jonson.
O-VER-MUL'TI-TUDE, v.t.
To exceed in number. [Not used.] Milton.
O-VER-NAME', v.t.
To name over or in a series. [Not used.] Shak.
O-VER-NEAT', a.
Excessively neat. Spectator.
O-VER-NIGHT', n.
Night before bed-time. [See Over, prep.] Shak.
O-VER-NOISE', v.t. [overnoiz'.]
To overpower by noise. Cowley.
O-VER-OF-FEND'ED, a.
Offended to excess. Steele.
O-VER-OF'FICE, v.t.
To lord by virtue of an office. [Not used.] Shak.
Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too importunate. Collier.
O-VER-PAID', pp.
- Paid more than is due.
- Rewarded beyond merit.