Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-VER-LEAV'EN
O'VER-LEATH-ER, or O'VER-LETH-ERO-VER-LIB'ER-AL
O-VER-LEAV'EN, v.t. [overlev'n.]
- To leaven too much; to cause to rise and swell too much. B. Jonson.
- To mix too much with; to corrupt. Shak.
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