1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
Shak. 2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
Overdo
(O`ver*do"), v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much.
Overdoer
(O`ver*do"er) n. One who overdoes.
Overdose
(O`ver*dose") v. t. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
Overdose
(O"ver*dose`), n. Too great a dose; an excessive dose.
Overdraw
(O`ver*draw") v. t. [imp. Overdrew ; p. p. Overdrawn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.
2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.
Overdress
(O`ver*dress") v. t. To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope.
Overdrink
(O`ver*drink") v. t. & i. To drink to excess.
Overdrive
(O`ver*drive") v. t. & i. To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
Overdrown
(O`ver*drown") v. t. To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] W. Browne.
Overdry
(O`ver*dry") v. t. To dry too much. Burton.
Overdue
(O"ver*due") a. Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment,
etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.
Overdye
(O`ver*dye") v. t. To dye with excess of color; to put one color over Shak.
Overeager
(O`ver*ea"ger) a. Too eager; too impatient. — O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. — O"ver*ea"ger*ness,
n.
Overearnest
(O`ver*ear"nest) a. Too earnest. — O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. — O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.
Overeat
(O`ver*eat") v. t. & i.
1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To eat to excess; — often with a reflexive.
Overelegant
(O"ver*el"e*gant) a. Too elegant. Johnson.
Overempty
(O`ver*emp"ty) v. t. To make too empty; to exhaust. [R.] Carew.
Overest
(O"ver*est) a. [Superl. of Over.] Uppermost; outermost.
Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy.
Chaucer.
