Ovally
O´val•ly, adv. In an oval form.

Ovant
O´vant, a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to exult.] Exultant. [Obs.] Holland. { O•va´ri•an, O•va´ri•al } a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.

Ovariole
O•va´ri•ole, n. (Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

Ovariotomist
O•va•ri•ot´o•mist, n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

Ovariotomy
O•va•ri•ot´o•my, n. [ Ovarium + Gr. to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.

Ovarious
O•va´ri•ous, a. Consisting of eggs; as ovarious food. [R.] Thomson.

Ovaritis
O•va•ri´tis, n. [NL. See Ovarium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ovaries.

Ovate-cylindraceous
O´vate-cyl•in•dra´ceous, a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

Ovated
O´va•ted, a. Ovate.

Ovate-lanceolate
O´vate-lan´ce•o•late, a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.

Ovate-oblong
O´vate-ob´long, a. Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

Ovate-rotundate
O´vate-ro•tund´ate, a. Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.

Ovate-subulate
O´vate-su´bu•late, a. Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

Ovation
O•va´tion, n. [L. ovatio, fr. ovare to exult, rejoice, triumph in an ovation; cf. Gr. to shout: cf. F. ovation.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.
2. Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.
"To rain an April of ovation round Their statues." Tennyson.

Ovato-acuminate
O•va´to-a•cu´mi•nate, a. Same as Ovate-acuminate.

Ovenbird
Ov´en•bird, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests. (b) In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; — called also golden-crowned thrush. (c) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.

Over
O´ver, prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. über, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. öfver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr., Skr. upari. 199. Cf. Above, Eaves, Hyper-, Orlop, Super-, Sovereign, Up.]
1. Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; — opposed to under; as clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.
"The mercy seat that is over the testimony." Ex. xxx. 6.
"Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning." Longfellow.
2. Across; from side to side of; — implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
"Certain lakes … poison birds which fly over them." Bacon.
3. Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.
4. Above; — implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.
5. Above in authority or station; — implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; — opposed to under.
"Thou shalt be over my house." Gen. xli. 40.
"I will make thee rules over many things." Matt. xxv. 23.
"Dost thou not watch over my sin ?" Job xiv. 16.
"His tender mercies are over all his works." Ps. cxlv. 9.
6. Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.
7. Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.
8. Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as it cost over five dollars. "Over all this." Chaucer.
9. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto. Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o’er. Over his signature (or name) is a substitute for the idiomatic English form, under his signature ( name, hand and seal, etc.), the reference in the latter form being to the authority under which the writing is made, executed, or published, and not the place of the autograph, etc. Over all (Her.), placed over or upon other bearings, and therefore hinding them in part; — said of a charge. — Over head and ears, beyond one’s depth; completely; wholly; hopelessly; as over head and ears in debt. [Colloq.] — Over the left. See under Left. — To run over (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; — said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.

Over
O´ver, adv.
1. From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.
2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; — used with verbs of motion; as to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy. "We will pass over to Gibeah." Judges xix. 12. also with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as the boat is over.
3. From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
4. From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
"Good measure, pressed down … and running over." Luke vi. 38.
5. Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as to do the whole work over. "So over violent." Dryden.
"He that gathered much had nothing over." Ex. xvi. 18.
6. In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as to turn (one’s self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
7. At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished. "Their distress was over." Macaulay. "The feast was over." Sir W. Scott. Over, out, off, and similar adverbs, are often used in the predicate with the sense and force of adjectives, agreeing in this respect with the adverbs of place, here, there, everywhere, nowhere; as the games were over; the play is over; the master was out; his hat is off. Over is much used in composition, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as in overcast, overflow, to cast or flow so as to spread over or cover; overhang, to hang above; overturn, to turn so as to bring the underside towards the top; overact, overreach, to act or reach beyond, implying excess or superiority. All over. (a) Over the whole; upon all parts; completely; as he is spatterd with mud all over. (b) Wholly over; at an end; as it is all over with him. — Over again, once more; with repetition; afresh; anew. Dryden. — Over against, opposite; in front. Addison. — Over and above, in a manner, or degree, beyond what is supposed, defined, or usual; besides; in addition; as not over and above well. "He … gained, over and above, the good will of all people." L’ Estrange. — Over and over, repeatedly; again and again. — To boil over. See under Boil, v. i. — To come it over, To do over, To give over, etc. See under Come, Do, Give, etc. — To throw over, to abandon; to betray. Cf. To throw overboard, under Overboard.

Over
O´ver, a. Upper; covering; higher; superior; also excessive; too much or too great; — chiefly used in composition; as overshoes, overcoat, over- garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.

Over
O´ver, n. (Cricket) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

Overabound
O•ver•a•bound´, v. i. To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. Pope.

Overact
O•ver•act´, v. t.
1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as he overacted his part.
2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]
"The hope of inheritance overacts them." Milton.

Overact
O•ver•act´, v. i. To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.

Overaction
O´ver•ac´tion, n. Perormance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.

Overaffect
O•ver•af•fect´, v. t. To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] Milton.

Overagitate
O•ver•ag´i•tate, v. t. To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.

Overall
O´ver•all, adv. Everywhere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Overalls
O´ver•alls, n. pl.
1. A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
2. Waterproof leggings. R. D. Blackmore.

Overanxiety
O´ver•anx•i´e•ty, n. The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

Overanxious
O´ver•anx´ious, a. Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. — O´ver•anx´ious•ly, adv.

Overarch
O•ver•arch´, v. t. & i. To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. "Brown with o’erarching shades." Pope.

Over-arm
O´ver-arm, a. (Cricket, etc.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard. "An over-arm with a round-arm bowler." R. A. Proctor.

Overbalance
O•ver•bal´ance, v. t.
1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. Locke.
2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

Overbalance
O´ver•bal•ance, n. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards.

Overbarren
O´ver•bar´ren, a. Excessively barren.

Overbattle
O´ver•bat´tle, a. [ Over + battle, a.] Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.] "Overbattle grounds." Hooker.

Overbear
O•ver•bear´, v. t.
1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
"The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war." Bacon.
"Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell." Dryden.
"They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them." Jowett (Thucyd. )
2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.

Overbear
O•ver•bear´, v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.

Overbearing
O•ver•bear´ing, a.
1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts.
2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. —O•ver•bear´ing•ly, adv. — O•ver•bear´ing•ness, n.

Overbend
O•ver•bend´, v. t. To bend to excess.

Overbend
O•ver•bend´, v. i. To bend over. [R.]

Overbid
O•ver•bid´, v. t. To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. Dryden.

Overbide
O•ver•bide´, v. t. To outlive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Overblow
O•ver•blow´, v. i.
1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

Overblow
O•ver•blow´, v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
"When this cloud of sorrow’s overblown." Waller.

Overboard
O´ver•board, adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

Overboil
O•ver•boil´, v. i. To boil over or unduly.
"Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng." Byron.

Overbold
O•ver•bold´, a. Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. Shak. — O´ver•bold´ly, adv.

Overbookish
O´ver•book´ish, a. Excessively bookish.

Overbounteous
O´ver•boun´te•ous, a. Bounteous to excess.

Overbow
O•ver•bow´, v. t. To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.] Fuller.

Overbreed
O•ver•breed´, v. t. To breed to excess.

Overbrim
O•ver•brim´, v. i. To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]

Overbrow
O•ver•brow´, v. t. To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic] Longfellow.
"Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath." Wordsworth.

Overbuild
O•ver•build´, v. t.
1. To build over. Milton.
2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.

Overbuilt
O•ver•built´, a. Having too many buildings; as an overbuilt part of a town.

Overbulk
O•ver•bulk´, v. t. To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

Overburden
O•ver•bur´den, v. t. To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.

Overburden
O´ver•bur•den, n. The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.

Overburdensome
O´ver•bur´den•some, a. Too burdensome.

Overburn
O•ver•burn´, v. t. & i. To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Over-busy
O´ver-bus´y, a. Too busy; officious.

Overbuy
O•ver•buy´, v. t.
1. To buy too much.
2. To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.

Overcanopy
O•ver•can´o•py, v. t. To cover as with a canopy. Shak.

Overcapable
O•ver•ca´pa•ble, a. Too capable. [R.]
"Overcapable of such pleasing errors." Hooker.

Overcare
O´ver•care´, n. Excessive care. Dryden.

Overcareful
O´ver•care´ful, a. Too careful. Shak.

Overcarking
O´ver•cark´ing, a. Too anxious; too full of care. [Archaic] Fuller.

Overcarry
O•ver•car´ry, v. t. & i. To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

Overcast
O•ver•cast´, v. t.
1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
"Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly." Dryden.
2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon.
3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

Overcast
O•ver•cast´, v. t. (Bookbinding) To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Overcatch
O•ver•catch´, v. t. To overtake. [Obs.]

Overcautious
O´ver•cau´tious, a. Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. — O´ver•cau´tious•ly, adv. — O´ver•cau´tiou•ness, n.

Overchange
O´ver•change, n. Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Overcharge
O•ver•charge´, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
"Our language is overcharged with consonants." Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
4. To exaggerate; as to overcharge a description. Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.

Overcharge
O•ver•charge´, v. i. To make excessive charges.

Overcharge
O´ver•charge, n. [Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.]
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.

Overcloud
O•ver•cloud´, v. t. To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

Overcloy
O•ver•cloy´, v. t. To fill beyond satiety. Shak.

Overcoat
O´ver•coat, n. [Cf. Surcoat.] A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

Overcolor
O•ver•col´or, v. t. To color too highly.

Overcome
O•ver•come´, v. t. [ imp. Overcame p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] [AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.]
1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as to overcome enemies in battle.
"This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been." Spenser.
2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] J. Philips.
3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.]
"And overcome us like a summer’s cloud." Shak.
Syn. — To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer.

Overcome
O•ver•come´, v. i. To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.

Overcomer
O•ver•com´er, n. One who overcomes.

Overcoming
O•ver•com´ing, a. Conquering; subduing. — O•ver•com´ing•ly, adv.

Overconfidence
O´ver•con´fi•dence, n. Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

Overconfident
O´ver•con´fi•dent, a. Confident to excess. — O´ver•con´fi•dent•ly, adv.

Overcostly
O´ver•cost´ly, a. Too costly. Milton.

Overcount
O•ver•count´, v. t. To rate too high; to outnumber. Shak.

Overcover
O•ver•cov´er, v. t. To cover up. Shak.

Overcredulous
O´ver•cred´u•lous, a. Too credulous.

Overcrow
O•ver•crow´, v. t. To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak.

Overcrowd
O•ver•crowd´, v. t. To crowd too much.

Overcunning
O´ver•cun´ning, a. Exceedingly or excessively cunning.

Overcurious
O´ver•cu´ri•ous, a. Too curious.

Overdare
O•ver•dare´, v. t. & i. To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

Overdate
O•ver•date´, v. t. To date later than the true or proper period. Milton.

Overdeal
O´ver•deal, n. The excess. [Obs.]
"The overdeal in the price will be double." Holland.

Overdelicate
O´ver•del´i•cate, a. Too delicate.

Overdelighted
O´ver•de•light´ed, a. Delighted beyond measure.

Overdevelop
O•ver•de•vel´op, v. t. To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process.

Overdight
O´ver•dight´, a. Covered over. [Obs.] Spenser.

Overdo
O•ver•do´, v. t. [ imp. Overdid p. p. Overdone p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]
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.

Overdraft
O´ver•draft, n. (Banking) The act of overdrawing; also the amount or sum overdrawn.

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.

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 (another). 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.

Overexcite
O•ver•ex•cite´, v. t. To excite too much.

Overexcitement
O´ver•ex•cite´ment, n. Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.

Overexert
O•ver•ex•ert´, v. t. To exert too much.

Overexertion
O´ver•ex•er´tion, n. Excessive exertion.

Overexpose
O•ver•ex•pose´, v. t. To expose excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate or film) too long to the actinic action of the light used in producing a picture. — O•ver•ex•po´sure (#), n.

Overexquisite
O´ver•ex´qui•site, a. Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful.

Overeye
O•ver•eye´, v. t.
1. To superintend; to oversee; to inspect. [Obs.]
2. To see; to observe. [Obs.] Shak.

Overfall
O´ver•fall, n.
1. A cataract; a waterfall. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.

Overfatigue
O´ver•fa•tigue´, n. Excessive fatigue.

Overfatigue
O•ver•fa•tigue´, v. t. To fatigue to excess; to tire out.

Overfeed
O•ver•feed´, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Overfed p. pr. & vb. n. Overfeeding.] To feed to excess; to surfeit.

overfill
o•ver•fill´, v. t. To fill to excess; to surcharge.

Overfish
O•ver•fish´, v. t. To fish to excess.

Overfloat
O•ver•float´, v. t. To overflow. [R.] Dryden.

Overflourish
O•ver•flour´ish, v. t.
1. To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.
2. To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over. [Obs.] Shak.

Overflow
O•ver•flow´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overflowed p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] [AS. oferflwan. See Over, and Flow.]
1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
"The northern nations overflowed all Christendom." Spenser.
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

Overflow
O•ver•flow´, v. i.
1. To run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.

Overflow
O´ver•flow, n.
1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.

Overflowing
O•ver•flow´ing, n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
"He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject." Macaulay.

Overflowingly
O•ver•flow´ing•ly, adv. In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.

Overflush
O•ver•flush´, v. t. To flush to excess. [R.]

Overflutter
O•ver•flut´ter, v. t. To flutter over.

Overflux
O´ver•flux, n. Overflow; exuberance. [R.]

Overfly
O•ver•fly´, v. t. [ imp. Overflew p. p. Overflown p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.] To cross or pass over by flight. Byron.

Overforce
O´ver•force, n. Excessive force; violence.

Overforward
O´ver•for´ward, a. Forward to excess; too forward. — O´ver•for´ward•ness, n.

Overfree
O´ver•free´, a. Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar. — O´ver•free´ly, adv.

Overfreight
O•ver•freight´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overfreighted (Overfraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overfreighting.] To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

Overfrieze
O•ver•frieze´, v. t. To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. E. Hall.

Overfront
O•ver•front´, v. t. To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] Milton.

Overfruitful
O´ver•fruit´ful, a. Too fruitful.

Overfull
O´ver•full´, a. [AS. oferfull.] Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited. Shak.

Overfullness
O´ver•full´ness, n. The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

Over-garment
O´ver-gar•ment, n. An outer garment.

Overgarrison
O•ver•gar´ri•son, v. t. To garrison to excess.

Overgaze
O•ver•gaze´, v. t. To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] "Earth’s o’ergazing mountains." Byron.

Overget
O•ver•get´, v. t.
1. To reach; to overtake; to pass. [Obs.]
2. To get beyond; to get over or recover from. [R.]

Overgild
O•ver•gild´, v. t. [AS. ofergyldan.] To gild over; to varnish.

Overgird
O•ver•gird´, v. t. To gird too closely. [R.]

Overgive
O•ver•give´, v. t. To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

Overglad
O´ver•glad´, a. Excessively or unduly glad.

Overglance
O•ver•glance´, v. t. To glance over.

Overglaze
O´ver•glaze, a. (Ceramics) (a) Applied over the glaze; — said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware. (b) Suitable for applying upon the glaze; — said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration. { O"ver•head" charges, expenses, etc. } (Accounting) Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; — called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc.

Overglide
O•ver•glide´, v. t. To glide over. Wyatt.

Overgloom
O•ver•gloom´, v. t. To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.]
"Overgloomed by memories of sorrow." De Quincey.

Overgo
O•ver•go´, v. t. [ imp. Overwent p. p. Overgone p. pr. & vb. n. Overgoing.] [AS. ofergan.]
1. To travel over. [R.] Shak.
2. To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
3. To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.
4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] Shak.

Overgrace
O•ver•grace´, v. t. To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Overgrassed
O´ver•grassed´, a. Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass. [Obs.] Spenser.

Overgreat
O•ver•great´, a. Too great.

Overgreatness
O´ver•great´ness, n. Excessive greatness.

Overgreedy
O´ver•greed´y, a. Excessively greedy.

Overgross
O´ver•gross´, a. Too gross.

Overground
O´ver•ground´, a. Situated over or above ground; as the overground portion of a plant.

Overgrow
O•ver•grow´, v. t. [ imp. Overgrew p. p. Overgrown p. pr. & vb. n. Overgrowing.]
1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.
"The green … is rough and overgrown." Sir W. Scott.
2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. [Obs.] Mortimer. "O’ergrown with labor." Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]

Overgrow
O•ver•grow´, v. i. To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as a huge, overgrown ox. L’Estrange.

Overgrowth
O´ver•growth, n. Excessive growth.

Overhail
O•ver•hail´, v. t. See Overhaul. [Obs.]

Overhandle
O•ver•han´dle, v. t. To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.

Overhang
O•ver•hang´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overhung p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.]
1. To impend or hang over. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope.

Overhang
O•ver•hang´, v. i. To jut over. Milton.

Overhang
O•ver•hang, n. (Arch.)
1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also the measure of the projection; as the overhang is five feet.
2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

Overhappy
O´ver•hap´py, a. Exceedingly happy. Shak.

Overharden
O•ver•hard´en, v. t. To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle.

Overhardy
O´ver•har´dy, a. Too hardy; overbold.

Overhaste
O´ver•haste, n. Too great haste.

Overhasty
O´ver•has´ty, a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. — O´ver•has´ti•ly (#), adv. — O•ver•has´ti•ness, n.

Overhaul
O•ver•haul´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overhauled p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling.]
1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake. To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. — To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs. { O´ver•haul•, O•ver•haul´ing } n. A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

Overhear
O•ver•hear´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overheard p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] [AS. oferhieran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.
2. To hear again. ShaK.

Overhele
O•ver•hele´, v. t. [AS. oferhelian.] To hele or cover over. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Overhent
O•ver•hent´, v. t. [See Hent.] To overtake. [Obs.]
"So forth he went and soon them overhent." Spenser.

Overhighly
O´ver•high´ly, adv. Too highly; too greatly.

Overhip
O•ver•hip´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overhipped p. pr. & vb. n. Overhipping.] [ Over + a word akin to E. hop to skip.] To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass. [Obs.] "When the time is overhipt." Holland.

Overhung
O´ver•hung´, a.
1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. Carlyle.
2. Suspended from above or from the top. Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.

Overinfluence
O•ver•in´flu•ence, v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.

Overinform
O•ver•in•form´, v. t. To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [R.] Johnson.

Overissue
O´ver•is´sue, n. An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority.
"An overissue of government paper." Brougham.

Overissue
O•ver•is´sue, v. t. To issue in excess.

Overjealous
O•ver•jeal´ous, a. [ Over + jealous. Cf. Overzealous.] Excessively jealous; too jealous.

Overjump
O•ver•jump´, v. t. To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston.

Overking
O´ver•king, n. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. J. R. Green.

Overknowing
O´ver•know´ing, a. Too knowing or too cunning.

Overlabor
O•ver•la´bor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overlabored p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaboring.]
1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden.
2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.

Overlander
O´ver•land•er, n. One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.

Overlanguaged
O´ver•lan´guaged, a. Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.

Overlap
O•ver•lap´, v. t. & i. To lap over; to lap.

Overlap
O´ver•lap, n.
1. The lapping of one thing over another; as an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Overlarge
O´ver•large´, a. Too large; too great.

Overlargeness
O´ver•large´ness, n. Excess of size or bulk.

Overlash
O•ver•lash´, v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. lash extravagant, lashing lavish.] To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [Obs.] Barrow.

Overlashing
O•ver•lash´ing, n. Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]

Overlate
O´ver•late´, a. Too late; exceedingly late.

Overlave
O•ver•lave´, v. t. To lave or bathe over.

Overlavish
O´ver•lav´ish, a. Lavish to excess.

Overlay
O•ver•lay´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overlaid p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.]
1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
"When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it." Sir W. Raleigh.
"As when a cloud his beams doth overlay." Spenser.
"Framed of cedar overlaid with gold." Milton.
"And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss." Milton.
2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
"This woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it." 1 Kings iii. 19.
"A heap of ashes that o’erlays your fire." Dryden.
3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.

Overlay
O´ver•lay, n.
1. A covering. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

Overlayer
O´ver•lay´er, n. One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

Overlaying
O´ver•lay´ing, n. A superficial covering; a coating.

Overlead
O•ver•lead´, v. t. To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Overleap
O•ver•leap´, v. t. [AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.] To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o’erleap that custom." Shak.

Overleather
O´ver•leath•er, n. Upper leather. Shak.

Overleaven
O•ver•leav´en, v. t. To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil. [Obs.]

Overliberal
O´ver•lib´er•al, a. Too liberal.

Overliberally
O´ver•lib´er•al•ly, adv. In an overliberal manner.

Overlick
O•ver•lick´, v. t. To lick over.

Overlie
O•ver•lie´, v. t. [ imp. Overlay p. p. Overlain p. pr. & vb. n. Overlying.] To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as to overlie an infant. Quain.
"A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping." Chaucer.

Overliness
O´ver•li•ness, n. The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Overlinger
O´ver•lin´ger, v. t. To cause to linger; to detain too long. [Obs.] Fuller.

Overlip
O´ver•lip, n. [AS. oferlibban.] The upper lip. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Overlive
O•ver•live´, v. t. To outlive. Sir P. Sidney.
"The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its political supermacy." Earle.

Overlive
O•ver•live´, v. i. To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively. Milton. "Overlived in this close London life." Mrs. Browning.

Overliver
O´ver•liv´er, n. A survivor. Bacon.

Overload
O•ver•load´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overloaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Overloading.] [Cf. Overlade.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

Overload
O´ver•load, n. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Overlogical
O´ver•log´ic•al, a. Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

Overlong
O´ver•long´, a. & adv. Too long. Shak.

Overlook
O•ver•look´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overlooked p. pr. & vb. n. Overlooking.]
1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o’erlooked the town." Dryden.
"[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them." Shak.
2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.
3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly. "Overlook this pedigree." Shak.
"The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well." Roscommon.
4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak.
"If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die." C. Kingsley.
5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.
"The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked." Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. )
"They overlook truth in the judgments they pass." Atterbury.
"The pardoning and overlooking of faults." Addison.

Overloop
O´ver•loop, n. See Orlop. [Obs.]

Overlordship
O´ver•lord´ship, n. Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.

Overloud
O´ver•loud´, a. Too loud; noisy.

Overlove
O•ver•love´, v. t. To love to excess.

Overluscious
O´ver•lus´cious, a. Excessively luscious.

Overlusty
O´ver•lust´y, a. Too lusty, or lively. Shak.

Overly
O´ver•ly, a.
1. Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.
2. Excessive; too much. [R.] Coleridge.

Overly
O´ver•ly, adv. In an overly manner. [Archaic]

Overlying
O•ver•ly´ing, a. Lying over or upon something; as overlying rocks.

Overmagnify
O•ver•mag´ni•fy, v. t. To magnify too much. Bp. Hall.

Overmalapert
O´ver•mal´a•pert, a. Excessively malapert or impudent. [Obs.] Prynne.

Overman
O´ver•man, n. ; pl. - men .
1. One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.
2. An arbiter.
3. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

Overmanner
O´ver•man•ner, adv. In an excessive manner; excessively. [Obs.] Wiclif.

Overmarch
O•ver•march´, v. t. & i. To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker.

Overmast
O•ver•mast´, v. t. (Naut.) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Overmaster
O•ver•mas´ter, v. t. To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

Overmatch
O•ver•match´, v. t.
1. To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. Drayton.
2. To marry (one) to a superior. [Obs.] Burton.

Overmatch
O´ver•match, n. One superior in power; also an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched. Milton. D. Webster.

Overmeasure
O•ver•meas´ure, v. t. To measure or estimate too largely.

Overmeasure
O´ver•meas•ure, n. Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.

Overmeddle
O•ver•med´dle, v. t. To meddle unduly.

Overmeddling
O•ver•med´dling, n. Excessive interference. "Justly shent for their overmeddling." Fuller.

Overmellow
O´ver•mel´low, a. Too mellow; overripe.

Overmerit
O´ver•mer´it, n. Excessive merit. Bacon.

Overmickle
O´ver•mic´kle, a. & adv. Overmuch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Overmix
O•ver•mix´, v. t. To mix with too much.

Overmodest
O´ver•mod´est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. — O´ver•mod´est•ly, adv.

Overmoist
O´ver•moist´, a. Excessively moist. Bacon.

Overmoisture
O´ver•mois´ture, n. Excess of moisture.

Overmore
O´ver•more´, adv. Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]

Overmorrow
O´ver•mor´row, n. The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] Bible (1551).

Overmost
O´ver•most, a. Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest. [Obs.] Fabyan.

Overmount
O•ver•mount´, v. t. [Cf. Surmount.] To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Overmuchness
O•ver•much´ness, n. The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.] B. Jonson.

Overmultiply
O•ver•mul´ti•ply, v. t. & i. To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.

Overmultitude
O•ver•mul´ti•tude, v. t. To outnumber. [Obs.]

Overname
O•ver•name´, v. t. To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] Shak.

Overneat
O´ver•neat´, a. Excessively neat. Spectator.

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.

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.

Overplus
O´ver•plus, n. [ Over + L. plus more. See Plus, and cf. Surplus.] That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus. Shak. "The overplus of a great fortune." Addison.

Overpoise
O•ver•poise´, v. t. To outweigh; to overbalance. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Overpoise
O´ver•poise, n. Preponderant weight; a counterbalance. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Overpolish
O•ver•pol´ish, v. t. To polish too much.

Overponderous
O´ver•pon´der•ous, a. Too heavy.

Overpost
O•ver•post´, v. t. To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak.

Overpotent
O´ver•po´tent, a. Too potent or powerful.

Overpower
O•ver•pow´er, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overpowered p. pr. & vb. n. Overpowering.] To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower’d that gallant few." Wordsworth.
Syn. — To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush; overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.

Overpower
O´ver•pow•er, n. A dominating power. Bacon.

Overpowering
O•ver•pow´er•ing, a. Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. — O•ver•pow´er•ing•ly, adv.

Overpraise
O•ver•praise´, v. t. [Cf. Overprize, Superpraise.] To praise excessively or unduly.

Overpress
O•ver•press´, v. t.
1. To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm. Shak.
2. To overcome by importunity. Johnson.

Overpressure
O´ver•pres´sure, n. Excessive pressure or urging. London Athenaeum.

Overprize
O•ver•prize´, v. t. [Cf. Overpraise.] Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.

Overprompt
O´ver•prompt´, a. Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. — O•ver•prompt´ness, n.

Overproof
O´ver•proof´, a. Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

Overproportion
O•ver•pro•por´tion, v. t. To make of too great proportion.

Overproud
O´ver•proud´, a. Exceedingly or unduly proud. "Overproud of his victory." Milton.

Overprovident
O´ver•prov´i•dent, a. Too provident.

Overprovoke
O•ver•pro•voke´, v. t. To provoke excessively. Bp. Hall.

Overquell
O•ver•quell´, v. t. To quell or subdue completely. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Overquietness
O´ver•qui´et•ness, n. Too much quietness. Sir. T. Browne.

Overrake
O•ver•rake´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overraked p. pr. & vb. n. Overraking.] (Naut.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.

Overrate
O•ver•rate´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating.] To rate or value too highly.

Overrate
O´ver•rate, n. An excessive rate. [R.] Massinger.

Overreach
O•ver•reach´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]
1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

Overreach
O•ver•reach´, v. i.
1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; — said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.
2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

Overreach
O´ver•reach, n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; — said of horses.

Overreacher
O•ver•reach´er, n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.

Overread
O•ver•read´, v. t. To read over, or peruse. Shak.

Overready
O´ver•read´y, a. Too ready. — O´ver•read´•i•ly (#), adv. — O´ver•read´i•ness, n.

Overreckon
O•ver•reck´on, v. t. To reckon too highly.

Overred
O•ver•red´, v. t. To smear with red. [Obs.]

Overrefine
O•ver•re•fine´, v. t. To refine too much.

Overrefinement
O´ver•re•fine´ment, n. Excessive refinement.

Overrent
O•ver•rent´, v. t. To rent for too much.

Overrich
O´ver•rich´, a. Exccessively rich.

Override
O•ver•ride´, v. t. [ imp. Overrode p. p. Overridden, Overrode, Overrid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offeridan.]
1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
"The carter overridden with [ i. e., by] his cart." Chaucer.
2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as one low overrides another; to override a veto.
3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
"I overrode him on the way." Shak.
4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Overrighteous
O´ver•right´eous, a. Excessively righteous; — usually implying hypocrisy.

Overrigid
O´ver•rig´id, a. Too rigid; too severe.

Overrigorous
O´ver•rig´or•ous, a. Too rigorous; harsh.

Overripe
O´ver•ripe´, a. Matured to excess. Milton.

Overripen
O•ver•rip´en, v. t. To make too ripe. Shak.

Overroast
O•ver•roast´, v. t. To roast too much. Shak.

Overrule
O•ver•rule´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overruled p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling.]
1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
"His passion and animosity overruled his conscience." Clarendon.
"These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled." F. W. Newman.
3. (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

Overrule
O•ver•rule´, v. i. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as God rules and overrules. Shak.

Overruler
O•ver•rul´er, n. One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney.

Overruling
O•ver•rul´ing, a. Exerting controlling power; as an overruling Providence. — O•ver•rul´ing•ly, adv.

Overrun
O•ver•run´, v. t. [ imp. Overran p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ]
1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
"Those barbarous nations that overran the world." Spenser.
2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
"Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi." 2 Sam. xviii. 23.
3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as one line overruns another in length. In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
"None of them the feeble overran." Spenser.
5. (Print.) (a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. (b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.

Overrun
O•ver•run´, v. i.
1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
"Despised and trodden down of all that overran." Spenser.
2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as a line, or advertisement, overruns.

Overrunner
O•ver•run´ner, n. One that overruns. Lovelace.

Oversaturate
O•ver•sat´u•rate, v. t. [Cf. Supersaturate.] To saturate to excess.

Overscented
O•ver•scent´ed, a.
1. Scented excessively.
2. Covered or concealed by a different odor. Fuller.

Overscrupulosity
O•ver•scru•pu•los´i•ty, n. Overscrupulousness.

Overscrupulous
O•ver•scru´pu•lous, a. Scrupulous to excess.

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. { 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. oferseon 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.

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.

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.

Overshot
O´ver•shot, a. (Zoöl.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; — said of the jaws of some dogs.

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.

Oversize
O•ver•size´, v. t. To cover with viscid matter. [R.]
"O’ersized with coagulate gore." Shak.

Overskip
O•ver•skip´, v. t. To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. Shak.

Overskirt
O´ver•skirt, n. An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

Overslaugh
O´ver•slaugh, n. [D. overslag.] A bar in a river; as the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

Overslaugh
O•ver•slaugh´, v. t. [D. overslaan.] To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment. [Local Cant, U. S.]

Oversleep
O•ver•sleep´, v. t. To sleep beyond; as to oversleep one’s self or one’s usual hour of rising.

Oversleep
O•ver•sleep´, v. i. To sleep too long.

Overslide
O•ver•slide´, v. t. To slide over or by.

Overslip
O•ver•slip´, v. t. To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as to overslip time or opportunity.

Overslop
O´ver•slop, n. [AS. oferslop.] An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Overslow
O•ver•slow´, v. t. To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.

Overslow
O´ver•slow´, a. Too slow.

Oversman
O´vers•man, n. ; pl. Oversmen .
1. An overseer; a superintendent.
2. (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.

Oversnow
O•ver•snow´, v. t. To cover with snow, or as with snow. [Poetic] Shak. Dryden.

Oversoon
O´ver•soon´, adv. Too soon. Sir P. Sidney.

Oversorrow
O•ver•sor´row, v. t. To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] Milton.

Oversoul
O´ver•soul, n. The all- containing soul. [R.]
"That unity, that oversout, within which every man’s particular being is contained and made one with all other." Emerson.

Oversow
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. xii. 25. (Douay Version).

Overspan
O•ver•span´, v. t. To reach or extend over.

Overspeak
O•ver•speak´, v. t. & i. [AS. ofersprecan.] To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.

Overspin
O•ver•spin´, v. t. To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. W. Cartwright.

Overspread
O•ver•spread´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.] [AS. oferspraedan.] To spread over; to cover; as the deluge overspread the earth. Chaucer.
"Those nations of the North Which overspread the world." Drayton.

Overspread
O•ver•spread´, v. i. To be spread or scattered over.

Overspring
O•ver•spring´, v. t. To spring or leap over.

Overstand
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.

Overstare
O•ver•stare´, v. t. To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.

Overstare
O•ver•stare´, v. i. To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.

Overstate
O•ver•state´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstating.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.

Overstay
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.

Over-story
O•ver-sto•ry, n. (Arch.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.

Overstrain
O•ver•strain´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Overstrained p. pr. & vb. n. Overstraining.] To strain one’s self to excess. Dryden.

Overstrain
O•ver•strain´, v. t. To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one’s nerves. Ayliffe.

Overstraitly
O•ver•strait´ly, adv. Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Overstraw
O•ver•straw´, v. t. To overstrew. [Obs.] Shak.

Overstrew
O•ver•strew´, v. t. To strew or scatter over.

Overstrict
O´ver•strict´, a. Excessively strict.

Overstride
O•ver•stride´, v. t. To stride over or beyond.

Overstrike
O•ver•strike´, v. t. To strike beyond. [Obs.]

Overstrow
O•ver•strow´, v. t. See Overstrew.

Oversubtile
O´ver•sub´tile, a. Excessively subtile.

Oversum
O´ver•sum, n. A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Oversupply
O•ver•sup•ply´, v. t. To supply in excess.

Oversupply
O´ver•sup•ply, n. An excessive supply.
"A general oversupply or excess of all commodities." J. S. Mill.

Oversure
O´ver•sure´, a. Excessively sure.

Oversway
O•ver•sway´, v. t. To bear sway over.

Overswell
O•ver•swell´, v. t. & i. To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak.

Overt
O´vert, a. [OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt. also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover. Perch. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir to cover. Cf. Aperient, Cover.]
1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
"Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise." Bacon.
2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as an overt act of treason. Macaulay.
"No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court." Constitution of the U. S. In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.

Overtask
O•ver•task´, v. t. To task too heavily.

Overtax
O•ver•tax´, v. t. To tax or to task too heavily.

Overtedious
O•ver•te´di•ous, a. Too tedious.

Overtempt
O•ver•tempt´, v. t. To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.

Overthrow
O•ver•throw´, v. t. [ imp. Overthrew p. p. Overthrown p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
"His wife overthrew the table." Jer. Taylor.
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
"When the walls of Thebes he overthrew." Dryden.
"[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion." Shak.
Syn. — To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.

Overthrow
O´ver•throw, n.
1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
"Your sudden overthrow much rueth me." Spenser.
2. (a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player’s head. (b) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.

Overthwart
O´ver•thwart´ (o"ver•thwart"), a.
1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.
2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." Clarendon.

Overthwart
O´ver•thwart´, adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y’clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.

Overthwart
O´ver•thwart´, prep. Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one another." Milton.

Overthwart
O´ver•thwart, n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] Surrey.

Overthwart
O•ver•thwart´, v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]

Overthwartly
O´ver•thwart´ly, adv. In an overthwart manner; across; also perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

Overthwartness
O´ver•thwart´ness, n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

Overtilt
O•ver•tilt´, v. t. To tilt over; to overturn.

Overtime
O´ver•time, n. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

Overtire
O•ver•tire´, v. t. To tire to excess; to exhaust.

Overtire
O•ver•tire´, v. t. To become too tired. Br. Hall.

Overtitle
O•ver•ti´tle, v. t. To give too high a title to.

Overtly
O´vert•ly, adv. Publicly; openly.

Overtoil
O•ver•toil´, v. t. To overwork.

Overtoil
O•ver•toil´, v. t. To weary excessively; to exhaust.
"Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day’s grief and travel." Tennyson.

Overtone
O´ver•tone, n. [A translation of G. oberton. See Over,Tone.] (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone. Tyndall.

Overtrade
O•ver•trade´, v. i. To trade beyond one’s capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

Overtrading
O•ver•trad´ing, n. The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

Overtread
O•ver•tread´, v. t. [AS. oferiredan.] To tread over or upon.

Overtrip
O•ver•trip´, v. t. To trip over nimbly.

Overtroubled
O•ver•trou´bled, a. Excessively troubled.

Overtrow
O•ver•trow´, v. i. To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.] Wyclif

Overtrust
O´ver•trust, n. Excessive confidence.

Overtrust
O•ver•trust´, v. t. & i. To trust too much. Bp. Hall.

Overture
O´ver•ture, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave’s inmost overture." Chapman.
2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
"It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us." Shak.
3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow.
4. (Mus.) A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; — called in the latter case a concert overture.

Overture
O´ver•ture, v. t. To make an overture to; as to overture a religious body on some subject.

Overturn
O•ver•turn´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overturned p. pr. & vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as to overturn a carriage or a building.
2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
3. To overpower; to conquer. Milton.
Syn. — To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.

Overturn
O´ver•turn, n. The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as an overturn of parties.

Overturnable
O•ver•turn´a•ble, a. Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.

Overturner
O•ver•turn´er, n. One who overturns. South.

Overvail
O•ver•vail´, v. t. See Overveil.

Overvalue
O•ver•val´ue, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overvalued p. pr. & vb. n. Overvaluing.]
1. To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power." Holyday.
2. To exceed in value. [R.] H. Brooke.

Overview
O´ver•view, n. [Cf. Survey.] An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] Shak.

Overwalk
O•ver•walk´, v. t. To walk over or upon.

Overwar
O•ver•war´, v. t. To defeat. [Obs.] Warner.

Overwary
O´ver•wa´ry, a. Too wary; too cautious.

Overwash
O•ver•wash´, v. t. To overflow. Holinshed.

Overwasted
O•ver•wast´ed, a. Wasted or worn out; onsumed; spent [Obs.] Drayton.

Overwatch
O´ver•watch´, v. t.
1. To watch too much.
2. To weary or exhaust by watching. Dryden.

Overwax
O•ver•wax´, v. i. To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.

Overweak
O´ver•weak´, a. Too weak; too feeble.

Overwear
O•ver•wear´, v. t. To wear too much; to wear out. Drayton.

Overwear
O´ver•wear, n. Clothing worn over the ordinary indoor closing, as overcoats, wraps, etc.

Overweary
O´ver•wea´ry, v. t. To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden.

Overweather
O•ver•weath´er, v. t. To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.] Shak.

Overween
O•ver•ween´, v. t. [AS. oferwnian. See Over, and Ween.] To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one’s own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.
"They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen." Milton.

Overweening
O•ver•ween´ing, a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. — O•ver•ween´ingly, adv. Milton. — O•ver•ween´ing•ness, n.
"Here’s an overweening rogue." Shak.

Overweening
O•ver•ween´ing, n. Conceit; arrogance. Milton.

Overweigh
O•ver•weigh´, v. t. To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. Drayton. Hooker.

Overweight
O´ver•weight, n.
1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

Overweight
O´ver•weight´, a. Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] "Of no overweight worth." Fuller.

Overwell
O•ver•well´, v. t. To overflow. R. D. Blackmore.

Overwet
O´ver•wet, n. Excessive wetness. [Obs.]
"Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time." Bacon.

Overwhelm
O•ver•whelm´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed p. pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
"The sea overwhelmed their enemies." Ps. lxxviii. 53.
"Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me." Ps. lv. 5.
"Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o’erwhelm them." Shak.
"Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen." Milton.
2. To project or impend over threateningly.
"His louering brows o’erwhelming his fair sight." Shak.
3. To cause to surround, to cover. Papin.

Overwhelm
O´ver•whelm, n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]

Overwhelming
O•ver•whelm´ing, a. Overpowering; irresistible. — O•ver•whelm´ing•ly, adv.

Overwind
O•ver•wind´, v. t. To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.

Overwing
O•ver•wing´, v. t. To outflank. [Obs.] Milton.

Overwise
O´ver•wise´, a. Too wise; affectedly wise. — O•ver•wise´ly, adv. — O•ver•wise´ness, n.

Overwit
O•ver•wit´, v. t. To outwit. Swift.

Overword
O•ver•word´, v. t. To say in too many words; to express verbosely. Hales.

Overwork
O•ver•work´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overworked or Overwrought ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.]
1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as to overwork a horse.
2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
"My days with toil are overwrought." Longfellow.
3. To decorate all over.

Overwork
O•ver•work´, v. t. To work too much, or beyond one’s strength.

Overwork
O´ver•work, n. Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also excessive labor.

Overworn
O•ver•worn´, p. p. & a. from Overwear, v. t. Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

Overwrestle
O•ver•wres´tle, v. t. To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser.

Overwrought
O•ver•wrought, p. p. & a. from Overwork. Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

Overzealous
O´ver•zeal´ous, a. Too zealous.

Ovicapsule
O•vi•cap´sule, n. [ Ovum + capsule.]
1. (Anat) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
2. (Zoöl.) Same as Oötheca.

Ovicyst
O´vi•cyst, n. [ Ovum + cyst.] (Zoöl.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

Ovidian
O•vid´i•an, a. Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.

Oviducal
O•vi•du´cal, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as oviducal glands.

Oviduct
O´vi•duct, n. [ Ovum + duct: cf. F. oviducte.] (Anat.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.

Oviferous
O•vif´er•ous, a. [ Ovum + -ferous: cf. F. ovifère.] (Biol.) Egg-bearing; — applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.

Oviform
O´vi•form, a. [ Ovum + - form: cf. F. oviforme.] (Biol.) Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as an oviform leaf.

Ovigerons
O•vig´er•ons, a. [ Ovum + -gerous: cf. F. ovigere.] (Biol.) Bearing eggs; oviferous.

Ovile
O´vile, a. See Ovine.

Ovipara
O•vip´a•ra, n. pl. [NL. See Oviparous.] (Zoöl.) An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; — opposed to Vivipara.

Oviposit
O•vi•pos´it, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.] [See Ovum, and Posit.] To lay or deposit eggs; — said esp. of insects.

Oviposit
O•vi•pos´it, v. t. To deposit or lay (an egg). { O•vi•pos´it•ing, O•vi•po•si´tion } n. The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

Ovipositor
O•vi•pos´i•tor, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zoöl.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

Ovisac
O´vi•sac, n. [ Ovum + sac.] (Anat) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.

Ovism
O´vism, n. [ Ovum + - ism.] (Zoöl.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoön; — opposed to spermism or animalculism.

Ovist
O´vist, n. (Biol.) Same as Ovulist.

Ovist
O´vist, n. (Zoöl.) A believer in ovism.

Ovococcus
O•vo•coc´cus, n. ; pl. Ovococci (#). [ Ovum + Gr. grain, seed.] (Biol.) A germinal vesicle. { O´void, O•void´al } a. [ Ovum + -oid: cf. F. ovoïde.] Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as an ovoidal apple.

Ovoid
O´void, n. A solid resembling an egg in shape.

Ovolo
O´vo•lo, n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.] (Arch.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column. In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In mediaeval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which are used.

Ovoplasma
O•vo•plas´ma, n. [ Ovum + plasma.] (Boil.) Yolk; egg yolk. Haeckel.

Ovotesttis
O•vo•test´tis, n. [NL. See Ovum, and Testis.] (Zoöl.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.

Ovular
O´vu•lar, a. (Biol.) Relating or belonging to an ovule; as an ovular growth.

Ovulary
O´vu•la•ry, a. (Biol.) Pertaining to ovules.

Ovulate
O´vu•late, a. (Biol.) Containing an ovule or ovules.

Ovulation
O•vu•la´tion, n. (Phisiol.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

Ovule
O´vule, n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. (b) An ovum.

Ovulist
O´vu•list, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.

Ovulite
O´vu•lite, n. [ Ovum + - lite.] A fossil egg.

Ovulum
O´vu•lum, n. ; pl. Ovula (#). [NL. See Ovule.] (Biol.) An ovule.