overturn 
No awkward overturns of glasses, plates, and salt-cellers. 
Chesterfield, Letters. (Latham.) 
The only evidence of this great otvrtiirn of everybody's 
habits in the house was that the room in which the dan- 
cing hail been ivuiain. <[ untouched. 
Mrs. OKphaitt, Poor tfentleman, xxill. 
2. Kefrain; bunlen. 
There were pipers playing in every neuk. 
Anil ladirs unotnff, jlnip anil Hina' ; 
Ami aye tbe mrn'tttrim tlieir tune. 
Was "Our wee wee man has been lang awa ! " 
Mntherifell, quoted in Child's ballads, I. 127, note. 
overturner (6-ver-ter'ner), // . Ono who or that 
which overturns or subverts. 
I have brought bet..., von a i oliber of the public trea- Overwear (6-v6r-war'), c. I. 
4209 
I fear we shall out sleep the coming morn 
As much as we this night have nverwatchd. 
Shak., M. N. I)., v. 1. 87S. 
overwatcht. . [MK. nrn-w aeche : see orrr- 
initrh, r.] Watching too long or too late. 
And euere shall thou ffynde, as Her as thou walklste, 
That wisdom and mttre-wacche wonneth Her asnndre. 
JUchard the Jledelets, UL 282. 
overwaxt, r. i. [ME. overwaxen, increase great- 
ly (cf. AS. oferweaxan, grow over) ; < over + 
wax^.] To increase greatly. 
For ghoure felth nuerwexith, and the cliarite of ech of 
Shou to othir aboundith. Wydif, 2 Thes. i. 3. 
1. To wear too 
sure, an mterturiier nf law and justice. Sw\fl. 
overtwertt, ''' and //ivy/. A Middle English 
variant of nn rtlnr/irl. I'll/nicer. 
overtwine (6-ver-twln'), '. t. To twine over or 
about; inwreathe. Shelley. 
overuse (6-ver-uz'), v. t. To use to excess ; use 
too much or too frequently. 
overuse (6'ver-us), n. Too much or too frequent 
use. 
OVervailt, t. An obsolete form of orerveil. 
overvaluation (6-vr-val-u-a'shon), . Too 
high valuation; an overestimate. 
overvalue (6-ver-val'u), r. t. 1. To set too 
great value on; rate at too high a price: as, to 
on -i I'dlue a house ; to overvalue one's self. 
He was so far from overvaluing any of the appendages 
of life that the thought* even of life itself did not seem 
to affect him. Dp. Atterbury, Sermons, L xi. 
2. To exceed in value. 
much; consume, exhaust, or wear out: chiefly 
in the past participle. 
With Time's Injurious hand crnih'd and o'erworn. 
fih'll... Sonnets, Ixlil. 
The jealous o'eneorn widow and herself, 
Since that our brother dnbb'd them gentlewomen. 
Are mighty gossips in this monarchy. 
Shot., Rich. III., I. 1. 81. 
That, overworn at noonday, I must yield 
To other hands. Whittier, Prisoner of Naples. 
2. To wear until it is worn out ; wear thread- 
bare; render trite. 
As one past hope, abandou'd, 
And by himself given over ; 
In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds 
O'erworn and soll'd. Millon, S. A., I. 128. 
Who you are and what yon would are out of my welkin, 
I might say " element," hut the word Is over-worn. 
Shot., T. N., UL 1. 66. 
3t. Hence, to pass through; leave behind. 
But all that [measles] Is so safely owl-worn that I dare 
not only desire to put myself into your presence, but, by 
your mediation, a little farther. Donne, Letters, xix. 
I dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate to your 
ring : which, in my opinion, o'ermluex It something. 
Shale., Cymbeline, I. 4. 120. overwear (6'ver-war), n. Outer clothing, as 
overvault (6-ver-valf), v, t. To arch over. overcoats, cloaks, etc.: a trade-name. 
Full of long-sounding corridors it was, 
That over-vaulted grateful gloom. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
overveil (6-v6r-val'), v. t. To cover or conceal 
with or as with a veil. 
The day begins to break, and night is fled, 
Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., II. 2. 82. 
OVerviewt (6'ver-vu), n. An overlooking; in- 
spection. 
Too bitter is thy jest. 
Are we betray'd thus to thy over-view' 
Shak., L. L. L., Iv. S. 175. 
overview (6-ver-vu'), v. t. To overlook. 
It overviews a spacious garden, 
Amidst which stands an alabaster fountain. 
Middleton, Spanish Gypsy, ill. a 
over-violent (6-ver-vi'o-lent), a. Excessively 
violent or passionate ; prone to violence or 
abuse. Dryden. 
overyote (6-ver-vof), r. t. To outvote; outnum- 
ber in votes given. Eikon Sasilihe. 
overwalk (6-ver-wak'), v. t. To walk over or 
upon. 
I'll read you matter deep and dangerous, 
As full of peril and adventurous spirit 
As to o'er-walk a current roaring loud 
On the unstead/aat footing of a spear. 
Shale., 1 Hen. IV., i. 8. 192. 
overwaltt, v. t. [ME. overwalten; < over + 
wait.] To roll over; overturn. 
All the folke, with there fos, frusshet to dethe, 
And the wallis ouenmlt into the wete dyches. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.X 1. 8155. 
overwart (6-ver-war' ). v. t. To surpass in war ; 
conquer. Warner, Albion's England, v. 25. 
overwardt (6'ver-wiird), adr. [< ME. overward, 
< over + -irard.] Across; crosswise. 
And wethir thou thi landes eree or delve, 
Ooericard and afterlonge (lengthwise] extende a lyne. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 66. 
overwash (6-ver-wosh'), v. t. To wash or flow 
over; spread over or on. 
But durst not ask of her audaciously 
Why her two suns were cloud-eclipsed so, 
Nor why her fair cheeks over-wash d with woe. 
Shak., Lucrece, I. li!2. r >. 
overwatch (6-ver-woeh'), c. I. trans. 1. To 
watch to excess. 2. To exhaust or fatigue by 
long want of rest. 
What: thou speak'st drowsily? 
Poor knave, I blame thee not ; thou art o'erwalch'd. 
Shot., J. C., iv. 3. 241. 
It hapneth many times that the mother over-watcheth 
her selfe to spinne, and the father to grow old in gather 
ing a sufficient portion. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 298. 
3. To watch over ; overlook. 
overweary (6-ver-wer'i), r. t. To exhaust with 
fatigue ; tire out. 
Might not Pallnurns . . . fall asleep and drop into the 
sea, having been arerwearieil with watching ? 
Dryden, Bed. of .Sneid. 
overweather (6-vr-weTH'er), v. t. To bruise 
or batter by the violence of weather. [Rare.] 
How like the prodigal doth she return, 
With over-weather' d ribs and ragged sails ! 
Shale., M. of V., it 6. 18. 
overween (6-ver-wen' ), v. [Formerly also over- 
wean; < ME. overwenen; < over + ween.] I. in- 
trans. To think too highly or confidently, espe- 
cially of one's self ; be arrogantly conceited ; 
presume : now chiefly in the present participle. 
Mochel is he fol and mieriwnimle thet wythoute oner- 
cominge a bit [abideth, i. e. expecteth] to habbe the coroune. 
Ayenbite o/Ynicjrf fE. E. T. S.X p. 169. 
Having myself ouermaned with them of Nlneuie in 
publishing sundry wanton Pamphlets, and setting forth 
Axiomes of amorous Philosophy. 
Greene, Address prefixed to Mourning Garment. 
This o'erweening rascal, 
This peremptory Face. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, v. 2. 
My eye 's too quick, my heart o'tnceeiu too much, 
Unless my hand and strength could equal them. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., UL 2. 143. 
n.t trans. To make conceited or arrogant. 
Injuries can no more discourage him than applause can 
overween him. Ford, Line of Life. 
To overween one's selft, to flatter one's self; Imagine 
vainly or presumptuously. 
Another Ambassadour vsed the like onerslght by over 
wetning himself e that he could naturally speake the French 
tongue, whereas in troth he was not skilful! in their term ex. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 227. 
overweenert (6-ver-we'ner), n. One who is 
conceitedly confident or thinks too highly or too 
favorably of himself; a presumptuous or con- 
ceited person. 
Vor the proude ouerwenere . . . yef me him chasteth : 
he is wroth. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. 8.), p. 22. 
A flatterer of myself, or overweener. 
Hasstnger, Parliament of Love, Ii. 1. 
overweening^ 6-ver-we'ning), n. [< ME. iirrr- 
ini nitty ; verbal n. of overween, v.] Presump- 
tion; arrogance. 
Ouericeeninge thet we clepeth presumcion. 
AyeiMte of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 17. 
Take heed of ocer-meniny, and compare 
The peacock's feet with the gay peacock's train. 
Sir J, Danes, Immortal, of Soul, xxxiv. 
Enthusiasm, . . . though founded neither on reason nor 
divine revelation, but rising from the conceits of a wanned 
or overweening brain, works yet, where it once gets footing, 
more powerfully on the persuasions and actions of men 
than either. Locke, Human Understanding, IV. xix. 7. 
overweeningly (6-ver-we'ning-li), **. in an 
overweening manner; with too much conceit or 
What must be the ever oummlching of a steeple like that presumption. 
. 
^Wellinglwrongh to a middling town of a dozen thousand OVerweeningnesS (6-ver-we'ning-nes), w. The 
Xr ( ^r.(Lo n don),No.6a,p.231. quality of Mn g overweening ; undue confi- 
11. MfroM. lo watch too long or too late. dence; presumption ; arrogance. 
overwind 
overweigh (o-vcr-wfi'). r. t. [< MK. own 
(= D. BLQ. i; i-in;ji,i OHti. iiliiinr,,/,,,,. 
Mll'i. iHu'ricci/m, G. iiln i // ,, 1/1 n = Sw. 
riiiin = Diin. m-irrrje); <.nn r '+ iri'it/li.'] Toex- 
ceed in weight; preponderate over; outweigh; 
overbalance. 
My nnsoll'd name, the austereness of my life, . . . 
Will so your accusation overweigh 
That you shall stifle In your own report 
And smell of calumny. Slut*., M. for M., ii. 4. 157. 
overweight (6'ver-wat), . [= D. overmgt = 
.Ml.ti. otertcickt = G. iibergewiclit = Dan. orer- 
vcegt; as over + weight.] 1. Greater weight 
than is required by law, custom, or nile; great- 
er weight than is desired or intended. 2. Pre- 
ponderance: sometimes used adjectively. 
He displaced Guy, because he found him of no over- 
weight worth, scarce passable without favourable allow- 
ance. Fuller, Holy War, II. 42. (Daviet.) 
overweight (6-ver-waf), *' t. To weigh down ; 
burden to excess ; hamper. 
It Is urged that the moral purpose of the book has over- 
ipeiyhted the art of it. 
S. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 2S. 
overwell (6-ver-wol'), . t. [< ME. 'overtcyllen, 
overflow, < AS. oferwillan, boil down, boil too 
much (= D. overwellen = MHG. iiberwellen, iiber- 
wallen, G. uberwallen, boil over), < ofer, over, + 
if illn a. well, boil: see we// 1 .] To overflow. 
The water [of the spring) overtoiled the edge, and softly 
went through lines of light to shadows and an untold 
bourne. K. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xix. 
overwentt(o-ver-went'),j>p. Overgone. Spen- 
ser, Shep. Cal., March. 
overwett (o'ver-wet), M. Excessive wetness or 
moisture. 
Another ill accident Is over-wet at sowing time. 
Bacon, Nat Hist, f 660. 
overwhelm (6-ver-hwelm'), r. t. [< ME. over- 
tchelmcn, overqwelmen, also orerwhelren; < over 
+ whelm.] 1. To overturn and cover; over- 
come; swallow up; submerge; overpower: 
crush : literally or figuratively. 
The sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps. Ixxvlii. 53. 
I do here walk before thee, like a sow that hath over- 
whelmed all her litter but one. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 13. 
Your goodness, signiors, 
And charitable favours, overwhelm me. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, L 1. 
Part of the grot, 
About the entry, fell, and ovenrhclmed 
Some of the waiters. B. Jonson, Sejanus, iv. 1. 
Gaza yet stands, but all her sons are fallen, 
, All in a moment overwhelm'd and fallen. 
Mill:,,, S. A., 1. 1559. 
These evil times, like the great deluge, have overwhelmed 
and confuted all earthly things. 
Macaulay, Conversation between Cowley and Milton. 
2f. To turn up ; stir up ; toss. 
Ofte the horyble wynd Aquilon moeveth boylynge tern- 
pestes and ovenrelneeth |var. orertchelweth, in slxtenth- 
century editions ovenrhelpcth] the see. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. meter 3. 
3f. To overhang or overlook. [Rare.] 
I do remember an apothecary 
And hereabouts he dwells which late I noted 
In tatter'd weeds, with orertchelming brows, 
Culling of simples. Shak., R. and J., v. 1. 3D. 
4f. To turn over so as to cover; put over. 
Then I overwhelm a broader pipe about the first. 
Dr. Papin, quoted In Birches Hist Koy. 8oc.. IV. 288. 
= 8yn. 1. Overpower, Overthrow, etc. (see defeat), overbear, 
overwhelm (6'ver-hwelm), . [< overwhelm, t:] 
The act of overwhelming; an overpowering de- 
gree. [Rare.] 
In such an overwhelm 
Of wonderful, on man's astonish d sight 
Rushes Omnipotence. 
Yming. Night Thoughts, ix. 687. 
overwhelmingly (6-ver-hwel'ming-li), adr. 
In an overwhelming or overpowering manner. 
Dr. H. More. 
overwhelvet, r. t. A Middle English form of 
overwhelm, 2. 
overwhile (6-ver-hwil'), adr. Sometimes; at 
length. Jlnlliirell. [Prov. Eng.] 
overwint, r. I. [ME. orenfinnen, < AS. ofer- 
iriinifin (= OHG. ubaneinnan), overcome, < ofer, 
over, + vinnan, fight, win: see in'n.] To over- 
come; conquer. 
What ! wenys that woode warlowe ouere-iryn rs thus 
lightly? York Play*, p. 310. 
overwind (6-ver-wind'), r. /. To wind too much. 
"My watch has stopped," said Mr. Nlckleby ; "I dont 
know from what cause. ' 
"Not wound up," said Noggs. 
" Yes, it is," said Mr. Nlckleby. 
"Orer-wmind then," rejoined Noggs. 
Difkeits. Nicholas Nickleby, ii. 
Specifically, in mining, to wind (a hoisting apparatus) so 
that the cage rises above its proper position for bein? nn- 
