over 
14. At an end; in a state of completion or ees- 
gation; in the past: as, all is nn-r; is the meet- 
ing overt 
Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over anil gone. 
Cant. li. 11. 
AthelBtan, his anger iieet, soon repented of the fact. 
Miltun, I list Eng., v. 
Oh ! Isaac, those dtiys aro over. Do you think there are 
any such line creatures now living s we then conversed 
with? Steele, Tatler, No. 208. 
All over with. See all, ode. Over again, once more ; 
with repetition. 
o kill not nil my kindred o'er again. Dryden. 
Proofs that Miss Baby would prove " her mother ovrr 
again." Scott, Pirate, iv. 
Over against, opposite ; in front of. 
Over a gent the f orseyd yle of C'lrigo to the BO wardes ys 
the Htopull of CraKita called In Greke Obaga, for it ys leke 
an egge. Torkinyton, Ularie of Eng. Travell, p. IB. 
There was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting 
over against the sepulchre. Mat. xxvll. 61. 
Over and above, (a) Besides ; in addition. 
He gained, over and above, the good will of the people. 
Sir K. L' Estrange. 
(6) Very ; in great measure or degree : as, lie is not over 
and above well. IColloq.J 
She Is not over and above hale. Smollett, tr. of 611 Bias. 
Over and over, repeatedly : once and again. 
For all of ancient that you had before 
(I mean what is not borrowed from our store) 
Was errour fulminated o'er and o'er. 
Dnjden, Hind and Panther, li. 684. 
Hedloe was sworn, and, being asked what he knew 
against the prisoner, answered, Nothing. . . . Bedloe was 
questioned over and over, who still swore the same bilk. 
Roger North, Exatuen, p. 213. 
To blow, do, give, hold, etc., over. See the verbs. [Over 
is much used as the first element in compounds, denoting 
either a going or passing over, through, across, etc., as in 
oiwrcast, owrthrow, etc., or as a preposition with a noun, 
as ooerboard, oversea, etc., or denoting, with a verb, excess 
or superiority, as in overact, overcome, etc. In the last 
use it may be joined with almost any verb. Only a few, 
comparatively, of such compounds are entered in this work. 
As a prefix, as well as when a distinct word, over is often 
poetically contracted Into o'er.} 
over (6'ver), . and n. [< over, adv.} I. a. 1. 
Upper. 
Cut the ouer crnste to your souerayne. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S-X p. 271. 
2. Superior, 
The oyer-lord, or lord paramount, or chief-superior, the 
under or middle, or mesne lord, and the vassal under him, 
formed ranks of manifest diversity. Brougham. 
3. Outer; serving as or intended for an outer 
covering: as, wershoes; an overcoat. 
[U sea chiefly in composition.] 
II. n. 1. In cricket, the number of balls de- 
livered between successive changes of bowl- 
ers; also, the part or section of the game 
played between such changes. When the pre- 
scribed number of balls (four in first-class matches in 
England before 1889, five from that date) have been 
bowled, the umpire at the bowler's end calls out "Over ! " 
another bowler takes his place at the other wicket, and 
the fielders change their places to suit the change of 
bowling. 
2. An excess ; the amount by which one sum 
or quantity exceeds another. 
In counting the remittances of bank-notes received for 
redemption during the year, there was found 925,528 in 
"'./-.-'. being amounts in excess of the amounts claimed, 
and sv! HI in shorts, being amounts less than the amount* 
claimed. 
Rep. of Sec. of Treasury (United States), 1886, p. 180. 
Maiden over. See maiden. 
over (6'ver), r. [< over, adv. In the intrans. 
use elliptical, a verb 170 or come, etc., being un- 
derstood.] I. trans. To go over; leap or vault 
over, as in the game of leap-frog. [Bare.] 
Never stopping for an instant to take breath, but over- 
ing the highest [tombstones] among them, one after the 
other. Dickens, Pickwick, xxix. 
II, intrants. To go, pass, or climb over. 
Ill over then to England with this news, 
And make this marriage to be solemnized. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v . :i;7. 
overabound (6*ver-a-bound'), v. i. To abound 
to excess; be too numerous or too plentiful; be 
superabundant. 
The world over-aboundeth with malice, and few are de- 
lighted in doing good unto men. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 71. 
If people overabound, they shall be eased by colonies. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 68. 
overact (6-v6r-akt'), r. I. trans. 1. To act so 
that the acting is overdone ; act (a part) in an 
extravagant or unnatural manner. 
If she insults mo then, perhaps I may recover pride 
enough to rally her by an overacted submission. 
Gibber, Careless Husband. 
Good men often blemish the reputation of their piety 
by overacting some things in religion. Tillittxon. 
2t. To over-influence ; act upon unduly. 
4195 
Now might be seen a difference between the silent or 
down-rlKht s|Hik'n affection uf oin children tuthir Parent* 
and the talkativeobsequlousness of others ; while the hope 
of Inheritance over-actt them, and on the Tongues end 
enlarges their duty. Hiltan. Hist. Eng., I. 
II. intrans. To act more than is necessary. 
You overact, when you should underdo: 
A little call yourself again and think. B. Jonton. 
There wh He they acted, and overacted, among other you ng 
scholars, I was a spectator. 
Miltun, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
overall! (6'ver-al'). adr. [< ME. nm-nll. nrrral= 
D. overal = MLO. overal = OHG. ubar al, MHO. 
tiber al, G. uberall = 8w. ofverallt = Dan. <>n-r- 
alt; as over + -all.} 1. All over; in all di- 
rections; everywhere; generally. 
He was nawher welcome for hus meny tales, 
Ouer-al houted out and yhote trusse. 
Pitrt Plowman (C), 111. 228. 
And knowyn ouerall ryght openly 
That thay dlscended be of that line hy. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 6488. 
But mongst them all was none more courteous Knight 
Then Calidore, beloved over-all. Spenter, F. Q., VI. L 2. 
2. Beyond everything; preeminently; espe- 
cially. 
Kepe horn from company and comonyng of folke ; 
Ana, ouer all, there onesty attell to saue. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 2366. 
overall (6'ver-al), n. An external covering; 
specifically, in the plural, loose trousers of a 
light, strong material, worn over others by 
workmen to protect them from being soiled; 
also, in the plural, waterproof leggings. 
The vestural Tissue, namely, of woollen or other cloth, 
which Man's Soul wears as Its outmost wrappage and over- 
all. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus (1831), p. 2. 
He wore a round-rimmed hat, straight-bodied coat with 
large pewter buttons, and a pair of overalls buttoning from 
the hip to the ankle. & Judd, Margaret, 11. 11. 
over-anxiety (6*ver-ang-zi'e-ti),n. The state of 
being over-anxious ; excessive anxiety. Roaet. 
over-anxious (6'ver-angk'shus), a. Anxious 
to excess. 
It has a tendency to encourage in statesmen a meddling, 
intriguing, refining, over-anxious, over-active habit. 
Brougham. 
over-anxiously (6'ver-angk'shus-li), adv. In 
an over-anxious manner; with excessive so- 
licitude. 
overarch (6-ver-firch'), v. t. I. trans. 1. To 
cover with or as with an arch. 
Oaks and elms 
Whose outspread branches overarch the glade. 
Cowper, Task, vl. 71. 
2. To form into an arch above. 
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks 
In Vallombrosa, where the Etrurian shades 
High overarch'd imbower. Milton, P. L., I. 304. 
II. intrans. To hang over like an arch. 
Hast thou yet found the over-arching bower 
Which guards Parthenla from the sultry hour? 
day, Dione, ill. 2. 
overawe (6-ver-a'), v. t. To restrain, subdue, or 
control by awe, fear, or superior influence. 
None do you [churchmen] like but an effeminate prince, 
Whom, like a school-boy, you may oner-awe. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., 1. 1. 36. 
Syn. To Intimidate, cow, daunt, 
overawning (6-ver-tt'ning), a. K over + "awn- 
ing, ppr. of "awn, v., developed from awning, 
.] Covering as an awning or canopy; over- 
shadowing. 
Above the depth four over-atrning wings, 
Unplum'd and huge and strong, 
Bore up a little car. 
Southey, Thalaba, xii. st. 13. 
overbalance (6-ver-bal'ans), v. t. 1. To ex- 
ceed in weight, value, or importance ; surpass ; 
preponderate over. 
The hundred thousand pounds per annum wherein we 
overbalance them in trade must be paid us in money. 
Locke. 
2. To destroy the balance or equilibrium of; 
cause to lose balance: often with a reflexive 
pronoun : as, to overbalance ourselves and fall, 
overbalance (6-ver-bal'ans), n. Excess of 
weight or value; something which is more than 
an equivalent; a counterbalance: as, an over- 
balance of exports. 
The racking pains of guilt, duly awakened, are really an 
overbalance to the greatest sensual gratifications. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xri. 
Were it [the judicial power) Joined with the executive, 
this union might soon be an over-balance for the legisla- 
tive. Blackstone, Com., I. vii. 
over-battlet (6-ver-bat'l), . [< over + 6a?3.] 
Too fertile ; too rich. 
For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass 
as in over battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is 
good. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 3. 
overblowing 
overbear (6-ve_r-bar' ), r. '. 1. To bear down ; 
overpower; bringunder; overwhelm ; overcome 
l>y superior force : literally or figuratively. 
Overborne with the weight of greater men's Judgments, 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., Iv. 
Weak shoulders, urerlxirne with burthenlng grief. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., il. 5. 10. 
The barons overbear me with their pride. 
Marlowe, Edward II., iii. 2. 
2t. To bear or impel across or along. 
Him at the first encounter downe he smote, 
And overbore beyond his crouper ijuight. 
Spenter, V. Q., IV. iv. 40. 
overbearancet (6-ver-bar'ans), . [< overbear 
+ -ance.~\ Overbearing behavior; arrogance; 
imperiousness. [Rare.] 
Will this benevolent and lowly man retain the same 
front of haughtiness, the same brow of overbearance f 
Brooke, Fool of Quality, Ix. 
overbearing (6-ver-bar'ing), p. a. 1. Bearing 
down; repressing; overwhelming. 
Take care that the memory of the learner be not too 
much crowded with a tumultuous heap or overbearing 
multitude of documents or ideas at any one time. 
WattJt, Improvement of the Mind, L 17. 
2. Haughty and dictatorial ; disposed or tend- 
ing to repress or subdue in an imperious or in- 
solent manner: as, an overbearing disposition 
or manner. 
An overbearing race, 
That, like the multitude made faction -mad, 
Disturb good order, and degrade true worth. 
Cowper, Task, ill. 672. 
= Syn. 2. Domineering, lordly, arrogant 
overbearingly (6-ver-bSr'ing-li), adv. In an 
overbearing manner; imperiously; with arro- 
gant effrontery or boldness; dogmatically, 
overbearingness (6-ver-bar'ing-nes), n. Over- 
bearing or arrogant character or conduct, 
overbid (6-ver-bid'), v. [= D. overbieden = G. 
Uberbieten = Sw. ofverbiuda = Dan. overbyde; as 
over + bid.'] I. trans. To outbid; overpay; do 
more than pay for. 
A tear ! Von have o'erbid all my past sufferings, 
And all my future too. Dryden, Spanish Friar, li. 1. 
II. intrans. To bid more than a just price; 
offer more than an equivalent. 
Young Lovelesi. What money ? Speak. 
More. Six thousand pound, sir. 
Cap. Take It, h'as overbidden, by the sun ! Bind him to 
his bargain quickly. Beau, and /'/.. Scornful Lady, it 3. 
overbidet (6-ver-bid'), v. t. [ME. overbiden; 
< AS. oferbidan, outlast, < ofer, over, + bidan, 
bide : see bide.'] To outlive ; survive. 
Grace to overbyde hem that we wedde. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 404. 
overblow 1 (6-ver-blo'), r. [ME. orerblowen ; < 
over + blow 1 .'] I. intrans. If. To blow over; 
pass over; pass away. 
The sulphurous hail, 
Shot after as in storm, o'erblown hath laid 
The flery surge. Miltrm. t. L., 1. 172. 
2. To blow hard or with too much violence. 
They commaunded the Master and the companie hastily 
to get out the ship ; the Master answered that it was vn- 
possible, for that the wlnde was contrary and oucrblowcd. 
HaMuyt'i Voyages, II. 185. 
Finding It was likely to overblow, we took in our sprit- 
sail. *">/', Gulliver's Travels, li. 1. 
II. trans. 1. To blow over or across. 
So shall her eitherea werke been overblfncc 
With colde or hoote under the slgnes twelve. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. *X 
A sand-built ridge 
Of heaped hills that mound the sea, 
Oner blown with murmurs harsh. 
Tennynon, Ode to Memory. 
2. To blow away ; dissipate by or as by wind. 
Time it is, when raging war is done. 
To smile at scapes and perils overblmm. 
Shak. , T. of the 8., v. 2. 8. 
When this cloud of sorrow 's overblown. 
Waller, Death of Lady Rich, L 45. 
3. To blow or play (a musical wind-instrument) 
with sufficient force to sound one of the har- 
monics of the tube instead of its fundamental 
tone. Metal instruments, like the horn and the trum- 
pet, are nearly always thus blown ; while wooden instru- 
ments, like the flute and the clarinet, are played in both 
ways. 
overblow 2 (6-ver-blo'), v. t. [< over + blow*.] 
To cover with blossoms or flowers. 
He ovrrblmrs an ugly grave 
" Ich blossom In the spri 
Mrs. Brmming, Aurora Leigh, vtt. 
overblowing (6-ver-blp'ing), n. The act, pro- 
cess, or result of blowing or playing a musical 
wind-instrument so as to sound one of the har- 
monics of the tube instead of its fundamental 
tone. 
With violet* which blossom In the spring. 
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