4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] Shak.

O`ver*gorge" (?), v. t. To gorge to excess.

O`ver*grace" (?), v. t. To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert.

[R.] Beau. & Fl.

O"ver*grassed" (?), a. Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with

grass. [Obs.] Spenser.

O`ver*great" (?), a. Too great.

O"ver*great"ness, n. Excessive greatness.

O"ver*greed"y (?), a. Excessively greedy.

O"ver*gross" (?), a. Too gross.

O"ver*ground" (?), a. Situated over or above ground; as, the overground

portion of a plant.

O`ver*grow" (?), v. t. [imp. Overgrew (?); p. p. Overgrown (?); p. pr.

& vb. n. Overgrowing.]

1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is

rank.

The green . . . is rough and overgrown.

Sir W. Scott.

2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.

[Obs.] Mortimer. "O'ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl.

[Usually in the past participle.]

O`ver*grow", v. i. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge,

overgrown ox. L'Estrange.

O"ver*growth` (?), n. Excessive growth.

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