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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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483 words match “VERB”

OVERBOLD a.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak. -- O"ver*bold"ly, adv.
OVERBOOKISH a.
Excessively bookish.
OVERBOUNTEOUS a.
Bounteous to excess.
OVERBOW v.
To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.] Fuller.
OVERBREED v.
To breed to excess.
OVERBRIM v.
To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]
OVERBROW v.
o hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow. Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.
OVERBUILD v. 2 definitions
To build over. Milton.
OVERBUILT a.
Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.
OVERBULK v.
To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
OVERBURDEN v. 2 definitions
To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.
OVERBURDENSOME a.
Too burdensome.
OVERBURN v.
To burn too much; to be overzealous.
OVERBUY v. 2 definitions
To buy too much.
PROCES VERBAL n.
An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts.
PROVERB n. 7 definitions
a parable. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. John xvi. 29.
PROVERBIAL a. 2 definitions
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.
PROVERBIALISM n.
A proverbial phrase.
PROVERBIALIST n.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
PROVERBIALIZE v.
To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
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