That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular
being is contained and made one with all other.
Emerson.
O`ver*sow" (?), v. t. [AS. ofersawan.] To sow where something has
already been sown. [R.]
His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat.
Matt. x&?;ii. 25. (Douay Version).
O`ver*span" (?), v. t. To reach or extend over.
O`ver*speak" (?), v. t. & i. [AS. ofersprecan.] To exceed in speaking;
to speak too much; to use too many words.
O`ver*spin" (?), v. t. To spin out to too great length; to protract
unduly. W. Cartwright.
O`ver*spread" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overspreading.] [AS. ofersprdan.] To spread over; to cover; as, the
deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer.
Those nations of the North Which overspread the world.
Drayton.
O`ver*spread", v. i. To be spread or scattered over.
O`ver*spring" (?), v. t. To spring or leap over.
O`ver*stand" (?), v. t. To stand on the price or conditions of, so as
to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.
[Obs.]
What madman would o'erstand his market twice ?
Dryden.
O`ver*stare" (?), v. t. To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.
O`ver*stare", v. i. To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.
O`ver*state" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstating.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
O"ver*state"ment (?), n. An exaggerated statement or account.
O`ver*stay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayed (?) or Overstaid (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.] To stay beyond the time or the limits of;
as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall.
O`ver*step" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstepped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstepping.] [AS. ofersteppan.] To step over or beyond; to
transgress. Shak.
O"ver*stock` (?), n. Stock in excess. Tatler.
O`ver*stock", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstocking.] To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock
a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
O`ver*store" (?), v. t. To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.
O`ver-sto`ry (?), n. (Arch.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a
building.
O`ver*strain" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Overstrained (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Overstraining.] To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.
O`ver*strain", v. t. To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain
one's nerves. Ayliffe.
O`ver*strait"ly (?), adv. Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] Sir W.
Raleigh.
O`ver*straw" (?), v. t. To overstrew. [Obs.] Shak.
O`ver*strew" (?), v. t. To strew or scatter over.
O"ver*strict" (?), a. Excessively strict.
O`ver*stride" (?), v. t. To stride over or beyond.