overteemed (overtemd)

Worn out or ex The air therto is so overte That every soun mot to hit pace. Chaucer , House of Fame, 1. 718. 2. Plain to the view; apparent; not covert; open; manifest. In sauter is sayd a verce ouerte That spekes a poynt determynable. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 592. Bacon . Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. To vouch this is no proof, Without more wider and more overt test Than these thin habits and poor likelihoods Of modern seeming do prefer against him. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 107. The po ibility of co-operation depends on fulfilment of contract, tacit or overt . H. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 99. 3. In her .: ( a ) Having the wings spread: said of a bird. The wings are represented with the points downward unle blazoned as overt ele vated. (b) Open: said of anything that is commonly shut: as, a purse overt . - Letters overt. See letter3.- Market overt. See market. - Overt act, as commonly defined, an open or manifest act from which criminality is inferred; but the better opinion is that open and manifest are here used in contrast not to secret and concealed acts, but to intent and words. The writing and sending of a letter may be an overt act, however secretly done. And for a robe, About her lank and all o'er - teemed loins, A blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up. Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 531. His [Livy's] mind is a soil which is never overteemed , a fountain which never seems to trickle. Macaulay , History. overthrow (ō-ver-thrō'), v . t. [ overthrow en ; over + throw1.] 1. To overturn; upset. His wife overthrew the table when he had invited his friends. Jer . Taylor . 2. To throw down; prostrate. overthwart =Syn. 2. Overpower, Overwhelm, etc. (see defeat ), overcome, master, worst, crush. Subvert, etc. See overturn. overthrow (ō'ver-thro), n. [ME. over throwe; Sundrye victories hadde bee, and some tim me ouerthrowes. Sir T. More, Works, p. 37. What! shall we curse the planets of mishap, That plotted thus our glory's overthrow ? Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 1. 24. To give the overthrow, to defeat; overthrow. Manie of them which now do offer to take Armour for your sake, yf occasion be offered, will be the fyrst to stryke yow, to gyve you the over throwe. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 74. Let them set on at once; for I perceive But cold demeanour in Octavius' wing, And sudden push gives them the overthrow. Shak ., J. C., v. 2. 5. = Syn. Prostration, wreck, rout. See defeat , v. t. over-throw (ō'ver-thrō), n. In cricket , a throw of the ball which sends it past the fielder at the wicket, so that additional runs are made in consequence.