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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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OVERGET v.
To get beyond; to get over or recover from. [R.]
OVERGRACE v.
To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
OVERGROW v. 2 definitions
To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]
OVERHANG n. 3 definitions
The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
OVERLAP n.
An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.
OVERLOAD n.
An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
OVERLOOK v.
To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. ) They overlook truth in the judgments…
OVERMEASURE n.
Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.
OVERMORE adv.
Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]
OVERPASS v.
To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.
OVERPLUS n.
That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.
OVERPRODUCTION n.
Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.
OVERREACH v.
To reach above or beyond in any direction.
OVERRIDE v. 2 definitions
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. Shak.
OVERRUN v. 4 definitions
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23.
OVERSEA a.
Beyond the sea; foreign.
OVERSELL v.
To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant] Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.
OVERSHOOT v. 3 definitions
To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.
OVERSLEEP v.
To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.
OVERSLIP v.
To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
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