overside 
overside (6-ver-sid'), n. Acting over the side: 
as, overside dredges (that is, dredges that dis- 
charge over the side). 
oversight (6'ver-sit), n. [= D. overzigt = G. 
iibersicht = Sw. iifcersigt = Dan. oversigt; as 
over + sight.] 1. Superintendence; inspec- 
tion ; watchful care. 
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the 
oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly. 
1 Pet. v. 2. 
2. A mistake of inadvertence; an overlook- 
ing ; omission; error. 
Be not always ready to excuse every over-sight, or indis- 
cretion, or ill action. Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, ii. 4. 
=Svn. 1. Supervision, inspection, control, direction, man- 
agement, charge. 2. Inadvertence, etc. (see negligence), 
mistake, blunder, slip. 
oversightedness (6'ver-sit-ed-nes), . Long- 
sightedness ; hypermetropia. 
oversilet, v. t. [< over + sile, var. of ceil: see 
ceil.] To cover over; conceal. 
Ere I my malice cloke or oversile, 
In giving Izac such a counsell vile. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas. (Nares.) 
oversize 1 (6-ver-siz'), i; . t. [< over + size*.] To 
surpass in bulk or size. [Rare.] 
Or for that [Dalmatians] bred in amonntainons countrey, 
who are generally observed to over-size those that dwell 
on low levels. Sandys, Travailes, p. 2. 
oversize 2 (6-ver-siz'), v. t. [< over + sine 2 .] To 
cover with size or viscid matter. [Bare.] 
O'er-sized with coagulate gore, 
With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus 
Old grandsire Priam seeks. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 484. 
overskip (6-ver-skip'), v. t. [< ME. overskippen ; 
< over + skip.] 1. To skip or leap over; pass 
over by leaping; hence, to omit. 
Many a worde I overskipte 
In my tale, for pure fere. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, L 1208. 
Presume not, ye that are sheep, to make yourselves 
guides of them that guide you ; neither seek ye to overskip 
the fold. Quoted in Hooker's Eccles. Polity, Pref., ill. 
2. To pass by or fail to see or find ; pass by or 
treat with indifference ; neglect; slight. 
But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip, 
When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship. 
Shak., Lear, iii. . 113. 
But if we haue overekipped it, we will not enuie them 
that shall find it. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 221. 
overskippert ( 6-ver-skip 'er), n. One who skips 
(as passages in reading). 
So is he a goky, by god, that in the godspel failleth, . . . 
And oner-skippers also. Piers Plouman (C), xlv. 123. 
OVerskirt (6'ver-skert), . 1. An outer skirt. 
2. Drapery arranged upon or over the skirt 
of a dress. 
overslaugh (6-ver-sla'), v. t. [< D. overslaan 
(= G. uberschlagen), skip over, pass by, omit, 
< over, = E. over, + slaan, = E. slay, strike : see 
over and slay.] 1. To pass over in favor of 
another : as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative. 
[U. S.] 2. To hinder or obstruct: as, to over- 
slaugh a military officer. [U. S.] 3. To op- 
press; keep down. [U. S.] 
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His oversloppe nis nat worth a my te. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 80. 
overslowt (o-ver-slo'), v. t. To render slow ; 
check ; curb. Hammond, Works, IV. 563. 
OVersman (6'verz-man), n.; pi. oversmen (-men). 
An overseer; a superintendent; specifically, 
in Scots law, an umpire appointed by a submis- 
sion to decide where two arbiters have differed 
in opinion, or named by the arbiters themselves, 
under powers given them by the submission. 
oversnow (6-ver-sno'), v. t. 1. To cover with 
snow. 
Beauty o'ermovi'd and bareness every where. 
Shak., Sonnets, v. 
Hence 2. To cover and whiten as with snow ; 
make hoary. 
Ere age unstrung my nerves, or time o'ersnowed my head. 
Dryden, .-Eiieiil, v. 
oversoon (6-ver-son'), adv. Too soon. 
oversorrow (6-ver-sor'6), v. t. To grieve or af- 
flict to excess. 
He . . . shall restore the much-wronged and over-sor- 
rowed state of matrimony. Milton, Divorce, Pref. 
OVer-SOUl (6'ver-sol), . [Imitated from Skt. 
adliyatman,<. adhi, over,+ dtman, breath, spirit, 
soul, self: see atmo-.] The divine spiritual 
unity of things ; God as the spiritual unity of 
all being and the source of spiritual illumina- 
tion: used by Emerson, without precise defini- 
tion, as a philosophical conception. 
The only prophet of that which must be is that great 
nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms 
of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which 
every man's particular being is contained and made one 
with all other ; that common heart 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 244. 
The over-soul of Emerson is that aspect of Deity which 
is known to theology as the Holy Spirit. 
0. W. Holmes, Emerson, p. 411. 
oversow (6-ver-so'), v. t. [< ME. *oversowen, < 
AS. ofersdwan (= OS. obharsdjan= OHG. ubar- 
sdwen), oversow, < ofer, over, + sdwan, sow: see 
sow; 1 .] 1. To sow over; scatter or sprinkle 
over. 
Whilst he sleeps, the enemy over-sows the field of his 
heart with tares. Rev. T. Adamt, Works, I. 480. 
2. To sow too much of: as, to oversow one's 
wheat. 3. To sow too much seed upon: as, 
to oversow a lot with rye. 
overspan (6-ver-span'), v. t. To reach or extend 
over, 
oversparred(o-ver-spard'), a. Having too large 
spars, or masts and yards : said of a vessel. 
overspeak (6-ver-spek'), v. I. intrans. To 
speak too much ; use too many words. 
Il.t trans. To express in too many or too big 
words : used reflexively. 
Describing a small fly, he extremely over-worded and 
over-spake himself in his expression of it, as if he had 
spoken of the Nemean Lion. 
Hales, Golden Remains, p. 229. 
overspent (6-ver-spent'), a. Harassed or fa- 
to an extreme degree. 
Thestylis wild thyme and garlic beats 
For harvesl ' ' " 
condition of a sick man. 
W. Mathews, Getting on in the World, p. 89. 
overslayt (6'ver-sla), n. [< ME. overslay (also 
over slauth), < AS. oferslege, oferslaige, lintel, < 
ofer, over, + siege, < sledn, strike : see slay.] A 
lintel or transom. Prompt. Pan., p. 374. 
oversleep (6-ver-slep'), v. I. trans. To sleep be- 
yond : as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising. 
To oversleep one's self, to sleep longer than one ought 
or desires to sleep. 
II. intrans. To sleep beyond the proper or 
desired time of waking. 
overslidet (6-ver-slid'), v. i. To slide over or by ; 
pass by. 
For lacke of tune I let ouerdide. 
Lydgate, Story of Thebes, ii, 
overslip (6-ver-slip'), v. t. 1. To slip or pass 
without notice ; pass undone or unused. 
It [this poem] was soe sodainlie thrust into the presse 
tnaj I had noe corapetencie of time . . . with a more dili- 
gent pervsall to correct any easily overslipped errour 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 111. 
Faultes escaped in the Printing correcte with your 
pennes: omitted by my neglygence, ouersKppe with pa- 
tience. Lyi y> Euphues and his England, p. 224. 
2. To pass over (any 
T. G. of V., ii. 2. 9. 
overspratt. A Middle English contracted third 
person singular of overspread. 
overspread (6-ver-spred'), [< ME. over- 
spreden, < AS. ofersprcedan (= D. overspreiden 
= MHG. G. iiberspreiten), < ofer, over, + sprai- 
dan, spread: see spread.] I. trans. 1. To spread 
over; cover over. 
And after this, Theseus hath ysent 
After a beer, and it al overspradde 
With cloth of gold, the richeste that he hadde. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 2013. 
Darkness overspread the deep, 
Ere Nature rose from her eternal sleep. 
Cowper, Expostulation, 1. 636. 
2. To be scattered over. 
Here wild olive shoots o'erspread the ground, 
And heaps of berries strew the fields around. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, ii. 254. 
II. intrans. To be spread or scattered about. 
OVerspring (6-ver-spring'), v. t. [< ME. over- 
springen (= D. overspringen = MHG. ubwspring- 
en, G. iiberspringen) ; < over + spring.] To over- 
top; overclimb; rise above. 
o-ver-stan'), v. t. To stain the sur- 
an overgarment, surplice, < ofer, over, 
&?&?*' Se 
ent ; a surphce. 
Shak., K. John, iii. i. 236. 
(6-ver-stand'), v. t. To stand too 
strictly on the demands or conditions of. 
overstrike 
Hers they shall be if you refuse the price ; 
What madman would o'erstand his market twice? 
Dryden, tr. of Xheocritus's Idyls, iii 
overstare (6-ver-star'), v. t. To outstare. 
I would o'erstare the sternest eyes that look. 
SAa*., M. of V. (ed. Knight), ii. 1. 27. 
overstate (6-ver-staf), v. t. To exaggerate in 
statement; express or declare in too strong 
terms. 
All needless multiplication of points of controversy, 
whether in the form of overslatiivj differences, or under- 
stating agreements. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 616. 
overstatement (6-ver-stat'ment), n. An exag- 
gerated statement; an overcharged account or 
recital. 
Emerson hates the superlative, but he does unquestion- 
ably love the tingling effect of a witty over-statement, 
0. W. Holmes, Emerson, vL 
overstay (6-ver-sta'), v. t. To stay or delay be- 
yond; stay beyond the limits or duration of: 
as, to overstay one's time. 
overstep (6-ver-step'), t'. t. [< ME. *oversteppen, 
< AS. ofersteppan (= D. overstappen = OHG. 
uberstephen), cross over, exceed, < ofer, over, + 
steppan, step: see step, >.] To step over or 
beyond; exceed. 
When a government, not content with requiring decen- 
cy, requires sanctity, itoversteps the bounds which mark its 
proper functions. Macaulay, Leigh Hunt. 
overstock (6'ver-stok), n. Superabundance; 
more than is sufficient. 
overstock (6-ver-stok'), v. t. To stock or sup- 
ply in excess of what is wanted; fill to over- 
flowing ; glut ; crowd : as, to overstock the mar- 
ket with goods, or a farm with cattle. 
Some think the fools were most, as times went then, 
But now the world's o'erstock'd with prudent men. 
Dryden, The Medal, 1. 102. 
overstockst (6'ver-stoks), n. pi. [< over + 
stocks. Cf. nether-stock.] Knee-breeches. 
overstore (6-ver-stor' ), v. t. To store to excess ; 
supply in superabundance. /. Walton, Com- 
plete Angler, p. 148. 
overstory (6' ver-8t6"ri), n.; pi. overstories (-riz). 
In arch., a clearstory or any upper story. 
overstrain (6-ver-stran'), v. I. intrans. To 
strain or strive to excess ; make exhausting or 
injurious efforts. 
He [Apelles] wished all painters would imprint this les- 
son deeply in their memory, that with overstraining and 
earnestness of finishing their pieces, they often did them 
more harm than good. 
Dryden, tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting, 54. 
II. trans. To stretch or strain too far ; exert 
to an injurious degree. 
Even the largest love may be overstrained. 
Bp. Hall, Contemplations (ed. Tegg), II. 876. 
Some wild turn of anger, or a mood 
Of overstrain'd affection, it may be, 
To keep me all to your own self. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
From the overstraining and almost slumberless labor of 
the last days and nights. The Century, XXLX. 89. 
overstrain (6'ver-stran), n. Excessive strain ; 
exhausting effort. 
Nancy, who does not love him, . . . says it was such an 
overstrain of generosity from him that it might well over- 
set him. 
Itichardson, Sir Charles Grandison, VI. 144. (Domes.) 
He was suffering from the universal malady of overstrain, 
with Its accompanying depression of vitality. 
New Princeton Rev., II. 106. 
OVerstrawt, v . t. An obsolete form of overstrew. 
OVerstream (6-ver-strem'), v. t. [= D. over- 
stroomen = MHG. uberstrumen, G. iiberstromen 
= Sw. ofverstromma = Dan. overstromme; as 
over + stream.] To stream or flow over. 
Overstream'd and silvery-streak'd 
With many a rivulet high against the Sun. 
Tennyson, Islet. 
overstretch (o-ver-strech'), < t. To stretch or 
strain excessively ; overstrain ; exaggerate. 
overstrew (6-ver-stro'), t>. t. [Also overstrow, 
formerly also overstraw; = D. overstrooijen = 
MLG. overstrouwen = MHG. iiberstrouwen, G. 
iiberstreuen; as over + strew.] To strew or scat- 
ter over. 
See how the bold usurper mounts the seat 
Of royal majesty ; how oventrmring 
Perils with pleasure, pointing ev'ry threat 
With bugbear death. Quarles, Emblems, i. 16. 
OVerstride (6-ver-strid'), v. To step or stride 
beyond. Drmjton, Legend of Thomas Cromwell. 
overstrike (o'-ver-strik'), v. t. [= MHG. iiber- 
stricJien, G. tiberstreichen; as over + strike.] To 
strike with excessive force ; strike beyond. 
The Forsaken Knight overslrake himself so as almost he 
came down with his own strength. 
Str P. Sidney, Arcadia, lit 
