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a. Too rank or luxuriant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating. ] To rate or value too highly; to overestimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An excessive rate. [ R. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
Syn. -- overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overreached (Overraught obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/ [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cheat by cunning or deception. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To read over, or peruse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reckon too highly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To smear with red. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To refine too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rent for too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exccessively rich. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Overrode p. p. Overridden Overrode, Overrid p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding. ] [ AS. offerīdan. ] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carter overridden with [ i. e., by ] his cart. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate. [ PJC ]

4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane. [ PJC ]

5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I overrode him on the way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having too much rigging. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too rigid; too severe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too rigorous; harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Matured to excess. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make too ripe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To roast too much. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overruled p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling. ] 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order. [ 1913 Webster ]

His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

These [ difficulties ] I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. -- O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. Overran p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ] 1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those barbarous nations that overran the world. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 2 Sam. xviii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

None of them the feeble overran. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Despised and trodden down of all that overran. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns. [ 1913 Webster ]