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Thrice happy is that humble pair. 
Beneath the level of all care; 
Over whofe heads thofe arrows fly. 
Of fad diltruft and jealoufy. Waller. 
Acrofs ;• from fide to fide : as. He leaped over the brook. 
—Certain lakes and pits, fuch as that of Avennes, poifon 
birds which fly over them. Bacon's Nat. Hijl. 
The geefe fly o'er the barn, the bees in arms 
Drive headlong from their waxen cells in fwarms. Dryden. 
Through, diflfufively.—All the world over, thofe that re¬ 
ceived not the commands of Chrift and his doctrines of 
purity and perfeverance, were fignally deftroyed. Ham¬ 
mond. —Upon.—Wife goverr.ours have as great a watch 
over fames as they have of the aftions and defigns. Bacon. 
Angelic quires 
Sung heavenly anthems of his victory 
Over temptation and the tempter proud. Milton. 
It is in all fenfes written in poetry, by contraction, o'er. 
O'VER, adv. Above the top.—Give, and it fhall be 
given unto you; good meafure, prefled down and fliaken 
together, and running over, ftiall men give. Lnhex i. 38.— 
More than a quantity afligned.—Even here, likewife, the 
laws of nature and reafon be of neceflary ufe; yet fome- 
what over and befides them is neceflary, namely, human 
and pofitive law. Hooker. —When they had mete it, he 
that gathered much had nothing over, and he that ga¬ 
thered little had no lack. Ex. xvi. 18.—The eaftern people 
determined their digit by the breadth of barley-corns, fix 
making a digit, and twenty-four a hand’s breadth; a 
fmall matter over or under. Arbuthnot. —From fide tQ fide. 
—'The fan of the Indian king, made of the feathers of a 
peacock’s tail, compofed into a round form, bound alto¬ 
gether with a circular rim, above a foot over. Grew .— 
From one to another.—This golden duller the herald de- 
livereth to the Tirfan, who delivereth it over to that fon 
that he had chofen. Bacon. —From a country beyond the 
fea.—It hath a white berry; but is not brought over with 
the coral. Bacon's Nat. Hijl. 
They brought new cuftoms and new vices o'er; 
Taught us more arts than honell men require. Philips. 
On the furface.—The firfl came out red all over, like an 
hairy garment. Gencfis. —Pad. This is rather the fenfe of 
an adjeCtive.—Soliman paufing upon the matter, the heat 
of his fury being fomething over, fuffered himfelf to be 
intreated. Knol/es.— Meditate upon the effeCts of anger; 
and the belt time to do this, is to look back upon anger 
when the fit is over. Bacon. 
There youths and nymphs in confort gay 
Shall hail the riling, dole the parting, day ; 
With me, alas ! with me thofe joys are o'er. 
For me the vernal garlands bloom no more. Pope. 
Throughout; completely.—Have you read o’er the letters 
I fent you ? Shahefpeare. —Let them argue over all the to¬ 
pics of divine goodnefs and human weaknefs, yet how 
trifling mull be their plea ! South’s Sermons. —With repe¬ 
tition ; another time.—When children forget, or do an 
aCtion aukwardly, make them do it over and over again, 
till they are perfeCt. Locke. — If this miracle of Chrilt’s 
riling from the dead, be not fufficient to convince a re- 
folved libertine, neither would the riling of one now from 
the dead be fufficient for that purpofe; fince it would 
only be the doing that over again, which hath been done 
already. Atterbury. 
Thop, O my HeCtor, art thyfelf alone, 
My parents, brothers, and my lord, in one: 
Oh ! kill not all my kindred o'er again, 
Nor tempt the dangers of the dully plain; 
But in this tower, for our defence, remain. Dnjden. 
He cramm’d his pockets with the precious ftore, 
And every night review’d it o'er and o'er. Harte. 
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Extraordinary; in a great degree.—The word fymbol 
fliould not feem to be over difficult. Baker. 
Over and above. Befides - r beyond what was firfl: 
fuppofed or immediately intended.—Mofes took the re¬ 
demption-money of them that were over and above. Numb. 
iii. 49.—He gathered a great mafs of treafure ; and gained, 
over and above, the good will and elteem of all people 
wherever he came. L'Eflrange. 
Over-against. Oppofite ; regarding in front.—In 
Ticinum is a church with windows only from above. It 
reporteth the voice thirteen times, if you (land clofe by the 
end of the wall, over-againfl the door. Bacon. — I vifit his 
piClure, and place myfelf over-againfl it whole hours toge¬ 
ther. Addifon.' 
To give over. To cesfe from : 
Thefe, when they praife, the world believes no more 
Than when they promife to give fcribling o'er. Pope. 
To attempt to help no longer; as, His phyficians have 
given him over ; His friends, who advifed him, have given. 
him over. 
In compofition it has a great variety of fignifications: 
it is arbitrarily prefixed to nouns, adjeCtives, or other 
parts of fpeech, in a fenfe equivalent to more than enough ; 
too much. 
O'VER, adj. Upper: 
For thefe my hands from this my face fhall rip, 
Even with this knife, my nofe and over lip. Mir. for Mag. 
To O'VER, v. a. To get over; to get through: an el¬ 
liptical expreflion in the North : as, “ I am afraid he’ll 
not over it;” i.e. will not recover from his illnefs. Pcgge. 
O'VER, a village in Gloucelterlhire, fouth-wefl of 
Chipping-Sodbury, in the hundred of Langley and Swinef- 
head. The manor-houfe is large, with a park, in which 
the traces of a large round camp are Hill vifible. 
To OVER-ABOU'ND, v. n. To abound more than 
enough.—The learned, never over-abounding in tranfitory 
coin, fliould not be difeontented. Pope's Letters. 
Both imbibe 
Fitting congenial juice, fo rich the foil, 
So much does fruCluous moilture o'er-abound. Philips. 
To OVER-AC'T, v. a. To aCt more than enough.— 
Princes’ courts may over-ad their reverence, and make 
themfelves laughed at for their foolilhnefs and extrava¬ 
gant relative worfliip. Stilling fleet. — Good men often 
blemifh the reputation of their piety, by over-ading fome 
things in religion; by an indifereet zeal about things 
wherein religion is not concerned. Tillotfon. —He over¬ 
acted his part; his paffions, when once let loofe, were too 
impetuous to be managed. Atterbury. 
To OVER-AC'T, v. n. To aCl more than is requifite. 
—-There, while they aCled and over-aEled, among other 
young Icholars I was a fpeClator; they thought them¬ 
felves gallant men, and I thought them fools; they made 
fport, and I laughed. Milton's Apol.for Sinedymnuus. 
You over-ad, when you fliould under-do : 
A little call yourfelf again, and think. B. Jonfon. 
To OVER-A'GITATE, v. a. To difeufs or controvert 
too much.—What is fit to be determined in a bufinefs fo 
over-agitated, I fhall fliut up in thefe propofitions. Bp. 
Hall's Cafes of Coiifc. 
OVER-ANX'IOUS, adj. Over-careful; too anxious. 
OVER-ANX'IOUSLY, adv. With too great anxiety. 
To OVER-AR'CH, v. a. To cover as with an arch : 
Where high Ithaca o’erlooks the floods. 
Brown with o'er-arching fiiades and pendant woods. Pope. 
To OVER-AW'E, v. a. To keep in awe by fuperior in¬ 
fluence.—The king was prefent in perfon to overlook the 
magiftrates, and to over-awe thefe fubjetts with the terror 
of his fword. Spenfer on Ireland. 
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