From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
overdress \o`ver*dress"\, v. t.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too
formally for an informal occasion. --Pope.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overdress
v 1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she
will be too hot" [syn: {overdress}, {overclothe}] [ant:
{underdress}]
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
[syn: {overdress}, {dress up}, {fig out}, {fig up}, {deck
up}, {gussy up}, {fancy up}, {trick up}, {deck out}, {trick
out}, {prink}, {attire}, {get up}, {rig out}, {tog up}, {tog
out}] [ant: {dress down}, {underdress}]
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