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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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OVERACTION n.
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OVERAFFECT v.
To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] Milton.
OVERAGITATE v.
To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.
OVERALL adv.
Everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer.
OVERALLS n. 2 definitions
A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
OVERANXIETY n.
The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.
OVERANXIOUS a.
Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. -- O"ver*anx"ious*ly, adv.
OVERARCH v.
To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. "Brown with o'erarching shades." Pope.
OVERAWE v.
n by awe or great fear. The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser.
OVERAWFUL a.
Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] Milton.
OVERLIBERAL a.
Too liberal.
OVERLIBERALLY adv.
In an overliberal manner.
PALEOZOIC ERA n.
The Paleozoic time or strata.
PANDERAGE n.
The act of pandering.
PAPAVERACEOUS a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.
PATERA n. 2 definitions
A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.
PAYMASTER-GENERAL n.
In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.
PEDERAST n.
One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
PEDERASTIC a.
Of or pertaining to pederasty.
PEDERASTY n.
The crime against nature; sodomy.
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