Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-TAX', v.t.

To tax too heavily.

O-VER-TE'DI-OUS, a.

Too tedious.

O'VER-THROW', n.

1. The state of being overturned or turned off the basis.
2. Ruin; destruction; subversion; as, the overthrow of the state.
3. Defeat; discomfiture; as, the overthrow of enemies. Dryden.
4. Degradation. Shak.

O-VER-THROW', v.t. [See Throw.]

1. To turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Taylor.
2. To throw down.
3. To ruin; to demolish. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden.
4. To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy.
5. To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion.

O-VER-THROW'ER, n.

One that overthrows, defeats or destroys.

O-VER-THROW'ING, ppr.

Turning upside down; throwing down; ruining; subverting.

O-VER-THROWN', pp.

Turned upside down; demolished; a. defeated.

O-VER-THWART', a.

1. Opposite; being over the way or street. Shak.
2. Crossing at right angles.
3. Cross; perverse; adverse; contradictious. Clarendon.

O-VER-THWART', prep.

Across; from side to side.

O-VER-THWART'LY, adv.

1. Across; transversely. Peacham.
2. Perversely.

O-VER-THWART'NESS, n.

1. The state of being athwart or lying across.
2. Perverseness; pervicacity. Johnson.

O-VER-TIRE', v.t.

To tire to excess; to subdue by fatigue. Milton.

O-VER-TI'TLE, v.t.

To give too high a title to. Fuller.

O'VERT-LY, adv.

Openly; in open view; publicly.

O-VER-TOOK', v. [pret. of Overtake.]

O-VER-TOP', v.t.

1. To rise above the top. Shak.
2. To excel; to surpass. Harvey.
3. To obscure; to make of less importance by superior excellence. Swift.

O-VER-TOP'PED, pp.

Risen above the top; excelled; obscured.

O-VER-TOW'ER, v.t.

To soar too high. Fuller.

O-VER-TRADE', v.i.

To trade beyond capital, or to purchase goods beyond the means of payment, or beyond the wants of the community.

O-VER-TRAD'ING, n.

The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment, or beyond the wants of the community.

O-VER-TRAD'ING, ppr.

Trading to excess, beyond capital or the public wants.

O-VER-TRIP', v.t.

To trip over; to walk nimbly over. Shak.

O-VER-TRUST', v.t.

To trust with too much confidence. Hall.

O-VERT-SCRU-PU-LOS'I-TY, or O-VER-SCRUP'U-LOUS-NESS, n.

Excess of scrupulousness.

O'VER-TURE, n. [Fr. ouverture. See Overt.]

1. Opening; disclosure; discovery. Shak. [In this literal sense, little used.]
2. Proposal; something offered for consideration, acceptance or rejection. The prince made overtures of peace, which were accepted.
3. The opening piece, prelude or symphony of some public act, ceremony or entertainment. The overture in theatrical entertainments, is a piece of music usually ending in a fugue. The overture of a jubilee is a general procession, &c. Encyc.