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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5,729 words match “OVER”

OVERJEALOUS a.
Excessively jealous; too jealous.
OVERJOY v. 2 definitions
To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.
OVERJUMP v.
To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston.
OVERKING n.
A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. J. R. Green.
OVERKNOWING a.
Too knowing or too cunning.
OVERLABOR v. 2 definitions
To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden.
OVERLADE v.
To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload. Spenser.
OVERLAND a. 2 definitions
Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.
OVERLANDER n.
One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.
OVERLANGUAGED a.
Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.
OVERLAP v. 3 definitions
To lap over; to lap.
OVERLARGE a.
Too large; too great.
OVERLARGENESS n.
Excess of size or bulk.
OVERLASH v.
To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [Obs.] Barrow.
OVERLASHING n.
Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]
OVERLATE a.
Too late; exceedingly late.
OVERLAVE v.
To lave or bathe over.
OVERLAVISH a.
Lavish to excess.
OVERLAY v. 5 definitions
To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. Sir W. Raleigh. As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. Spenser. Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. Milton. And overlay With this portentous bridge th…
OVERLAYER n.
One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
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