Overshade
(O`ver*shade`) v. t. [AS. ofersceadwian. See Over, and Shade, and cf. Overshadow.]
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
Overshadow
(O`ver*shad"ow) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshadowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ]
[Cf. Overshade. ]
1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
There was a cloud that overshadowed them.
Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
Overshadower
(O"ver*shad"ow*er) n. One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon.
Overshadowy
(O"ver*shad"ow*y) a. Overshadowing. [R.]
Overshake
(O`ver*shake") v. t. To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Overshine
(O`ver*shine") v. t.
1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak.
2. To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.
Overshoe
(O"ver*shoe`) n. A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp.,
an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.
Overshoot
(O`ver*shoot") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]
1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.
2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper.
To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
Overshoot
(O`ver*shoot"), v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
Overshot
(O"ver*shot`) a. From Overshoot, v. t.
Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets,
and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and
acting chiefly by its we'ght.
Oversight
(O"ver*sight`) n.
1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker.
3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight." Spenser.
Syn. — Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
Oversize
(O`ver*size") v. t. To surpass in size.
