Overscrupulousness
(O`ver*scru"pu*lous*ness), n. The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess
of scrupulousness.
Oversea
(O"ver*sea") a. Beyond the sea; foreign.
Oversea
(O"ver*sea" O"ver*seas") adv. Over the sea; abroad. Milton. Tennyson.
Oversearch
(O`ver*search") v. t. To search all over.
Overseason
(O`ver*sea"son) v. t. To season too highly.
Oversee
(O`ver*see") v. t. [imp. Oversaw ; p. p. Overseen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] [AS.
oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. Spenser.
Oversee
(O`ver*see"), v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee.
Fuller.
Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin.
Walpole. Overseer
(O`ver*seer") n. One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically,
one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
Overseership
(O`ver*seer"ship), n. The office of an overseer.
Oversell
(O`ver*sell`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oversold ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overselling. ]
1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.
One whose beauty
Would oversell all Italy.
Beau. & Fl. 2. To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant]
Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to
such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.
Overset
(O`ver*set") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ]
1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom
upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden.
2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.
3. To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell.
Overset
(O`ver*set"), v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.
Overset
(O"ver*set`) n.
1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.
