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39 words match “VERST”

VERST n.
A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet. [Written also werst.]
OVERSTAND v.
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.
OVERSTARE v. 2 definitions
To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.
OVERSTATE v.
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
OVERSTATEMENT n.
An exaggerated statement or account.
OVERSTAY v.
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall.
OVERSTEP v.
To step over or beyond; to transgress. Shak.
OVERSTOCK v. 2 definitions
To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
OVERSTORE v.
To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.
OVERSTRAIN v. 2 definitions
To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.
OVERSTRAITLY adv.
Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
OVERSTRAW v.
To overstrew. [Obs.] Shak.
OVERSTREW v.
To strew or scatter over.
OVERSTRICT a.
Excessively strict.
OVERSTRIDE v.
To stride over or beyond.
OVERSTRIKE v.
To strike beyond. [Obs.]
OVERSTROW v.
See Overstrew.
OVERSTUDIOUS a.
Too studious.
BOLD a.
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in o composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold. "Bold tales." Waller. The cathedral church is a very bold work. Addison.
CARNIVAL n.
Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival Byron.
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