Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: O-VER-POW'ER-ING-LY – O-VER-RIPE'
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O-VER-POW'ER-ING-LY, adv.
With superior force.
O-VER-PRESS', v.t.
- To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Sidney. Swift.
- To overcome by importunity.
O-VER-PRIZE', v.t.
To value or prize at too high a rate. Wotton.
O-VER-PROMPT', a.
Too prompt; too ready or eager.
Excessive promptness; precipitation.
O-VER-PRO-POR'TION, v.t.
To make of too great proportion.
Too much quietness. Brown.
O-VER-RAKE', v.t.
To break in upon a ship. When the waves break in upon a ship riding at anchor, it is said, they overrake her, or she is overraked. Mar. Dict.
O-VER-RANK', a.
Too rank or luxuriant. Moritmer.
O-VER-RATE', v.t.
To rate at too much; to estimate at a value or amount beyond the truth. Dryden.
O-VER-RAT'ED, pp.
Estimated at too high a rate.
O-VER-RAT'ING, ppr.
Placing too high a value on.
O-VER-REACH', n.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot. Encyc.
O-VER-REACH', v.i.
Applied to horses, to strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot.
O-VER-REACH', v.t.
- To reach beyond in any direction; to rise above; to extend beyond. Burnet.
- To deceive by cunning, artifice or sagacity; to cheat. Tillotson.
O-VER-REACH'ER, n.
One that overreaches; one that deceives.
O-VER-REACH'ING, n.
The act of deceiving; a reaching too far.
O-VER-READ', v.i.
To read over; to peruse. [Not used.] Shak.
O-VER-READ'I-LY, adv.
With too much readiness.
Excess of readiness.
O-VER-READ'Y, a.
Too ready.
O-VER-RED', v.t.
To smear with a red color. [Not used.] Shak.
O-VER'-RID, or O-VER-RID'DEN, pp.
Rid to excess.
O-VER-RIDE', v.t.
- To ride over. [Not used.] Chaucer.
- To ride too much; to ride beyond the strength of the horse.
O-VER-RIPE', a.
Matured to excess.