Overnice
(O"ver*nice") a. Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall.O"ver*nice"ly, adv.O"ver*nice"ness, n.

Overnight
(O"ver*night`) n. The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening. [R.] Shak.

Overnight
(O"ver*night"), adv. In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

I had been telling her all that happened overnight.
Dickens.

Overnoise
(O`ver*noise") v. t. To overpower by noise.

Overnumerous
(O"ver*nu"mer*ous) a. Excessively numerous; too many.

Overoffice
(O`ver*of"fice) v. t. To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] Shak.

Overofficious
(O"ver*of*fi"cious) a. Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier.

Overpaint
(O`ver*paint") v. t. To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh.

Overpamper
(O`ver*pam"per) v. t. To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much. Dryton.

Overpart
(O`ver*part") v. t. To give too important or difficult a part to. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Overpass
(O`ver*pass") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpassed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overpassing.] [Cf. Surpass.]

1. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

2. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

All the beauties of the East
He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.
Milton.

3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] R. Browning.

Overpass
(O`ver*pass"), v. i. To pass over, away, or off.

Overpassionate
(O"ver*pas"sion*ate) a. Passionate to excess.O"ver*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv.

Overpatient
(O"ver*pa"tient) a. Patient to excess.

Overpay
(O`ver*pay") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpaid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overpaying.] To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

Overpeer
(O`ver*peer") v. t. To peer over; to rise above.

Overpeople
(O`ver*peo"ple) v. t. To people too densely.

Overperch
(O`ver*perch") v. t. To perch upon; to fly over. [Obs.] Shak.

Overpersuade
(O`ver*per*suade") v. t. To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope.

Overpester
(O`ver*pes"ter) v. t. To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W. Raleigh.

Overpicture
(O`ver*pic"ture) v. t. To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

Overplease
(O`ver*please") v. t. To please excessively.


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