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5,729 words match “OVER”

OVERTEDIOUS a.
Too tedious.
OVERTEMPT v.
To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.
OVERTHROW v. 3 definitions
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.
OVERTHWART a. 6 definitions
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.
OVERTHWARTLY adv.
In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.
OVERTHWARTNESS n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.
OVERTILT v.
To tilt over; to overturn.
OVERTIME n.
Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
OVERTIRE v. 2 definitions
To tire to excess; to exhaust.
OVERTITLE v.
To give too high a title to.
OVERTLY adv.
Publicly; openly.
OVERTOIL v. 2 definitions
To overwork.
OVERTONE n.
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmoni…
OVERTOP v. 3 definitions
To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. Milton.
OVERTOWER v. 2 definitions
To tower over or above.
OVERTRADE v.
rade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.
OVERTRADING n.
The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.
OVERTREAD v.
To tread over or upon.
OVERTRIP v.
To trip over nimbly.
OVERTROUBLED a.
Excessively troubled.
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