O`ver*pass", v. i. To pass over, away, or off.
O"ver*pas"sion*ate (?), a. Passionate to excess. --
O"ver*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv.
O"ver*pa"tient (?), a. Patient to excess.
O`ver*pay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overpaying.] To pay too much to; to reward too highly.
O`ver*peer" (?), v. t. To peer over; to rise above.
O`ver*peo"ple (?), v. t. To people too densely.
O`ver*perch" (?), v. t. To perch upon; to fly over. [Obs.] Shak.
O`ver*per*suade" (?), v. t. To persuade or influence against one's
inclination or judgment. Pope.
O`ver*pes"ter (?), v. t. To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W.
Raleigh.
O`ver*pic"ture (?), v. t. To surpass nature in the picture or
representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.
O`ver*please" (?), v. t. To please excessively.
O"ver*plus (?), n. [Over + L. plus more. See Plus, and cf. Surplus.]
That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed;
surplus. Shak.
"The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.
O`ver*ply" (?), v. t. To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor;
to overwork. Milton.
O`ver*poise" (?), v. t. To outweigh; to overbalance. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
O"ver*poise`, n. Preponderant weight; a counterbalance. [R.] Mrs.
Browning.
O`ver*pol"ish (?), v. t. To polish too much.
O"ver*pon"der*ous (?), a. Too heavy.
O`ver*post" (?), v. t. To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post.
Shak.
O"ver*po"tent (?), a. Too potent or powerful.
O`ver*pow"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overpowering.] To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to
vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And
overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.
Syn. -- To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm;
overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
O"ver*pow`er, n. A dominating power. Bacon.
O`ver*pow"er*ing, a. Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. --
O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.
O`ver*praise" (?), v. t. [Cf. Overprize, Superpraise.] To praise
excessively or unduly.
O`ver*prais"ing, n. The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.
Milton.
O`ver*press" (?), v. t. 1. To bear upon with irresistible force; to
crush; to overwhelm. Shak.