overpower (overpouer)

Too great a pow er; extensive power. For when a state growes to an over - power , it is like a great floud, that will be sure to overflow. Bacon, Vici itudes of Things. overpower (ō-vér-pou'ėr), v . t. 1. To vanquish by superior power or force; subdue; reduce to silence, inaction, or submi ion; defeat. gain. Mirth at the expence of Virtue is an over - purchase. Jeremy Collier, Short View, p. 161. over putt (ō-ver-put'), v. t. [ What champion now shal tame the power of hell, And the unrulie spirits over quell ? Bp . Hall , Elegy on Dr. Witaker. over-rack (ō-vér-rak'), v . t. To rack or torture to exce ; overstrain; overtax. I'm over - rack'd with expectation Of the event this plot will train him to. Beau . and Fl . (?), Faithful Friends, iii. 1. over-rake (ō-vér-rāk'), v . t . To rake fore and aft, as a heavy sea a ve el at anchor with her head to the wind; sweep over. The seas did so over - rake them as many times those upon ye decke knew not whether they were within bord or withoute. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 140. over-rake overwind [The ship] was laid over on one side two and a half hours, so low as the water stood upon her deck, and the sea over raking her continually. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 75. overrank (ō-vér-rangk'), a . Too rank or luxuriant. Oh great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er - rank states! Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. overrate (ō-ver-rāt'), v. t. To rate or estimate too highly. Sir, you o'er- rate my poor kindne . Shak., Cymbeline, i. 4. 41. 4204 The cartere, overryden with his carte, Under the whel ful lowe he lay adoun. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1164. I wol that reaume ouer - ride and rediliche destrue. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4147. Whatever reluctance other members of the tribe have to recognize the leadership of any one member is likely to be over - ridden by their desire for safety when recognition of his leadership furthers that safety. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 473. 2. To ride too much; fatigue by riding. How like a troop of rank oreridden jades Yon bushy-bearded citizens appeare! Heywood , 1 Edw. IV. (Works, ed. Pearson, I. 27). I over - rode him on the way. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 30. 4. In surg ., to overlap: said of a fragment of a over seaming It is eas ye to forraie and overrunne the whole lande. Spenser, State of Ireland. An army have I muster'd in my thoughts, Wherewith already France is overrun . Shak., 1 Hen. VI., 1. 1. 102. 4. To outrun; run faster than (another) and leave (him) behind. Anaxius followed me; but his proud heart did so disdain that exercise that I had quickly over - run him. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, ii. By Mr Allertons faire propositions and large promises, I have over rune my selfe. Sherley, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 309. In pursuit of his interests, he made all the doubles which he thought nece ary to attain his object. He often over ran his prey, and mi ed that which he might have gained by observing a straighter course. Scott , Monastery, xxiii. Shak . , Hamlet, iii. 1. 17. 2. To reach beyond in any direction; rise above; extend or go beyond. And now is no Man in Grace but the new Marque of Suffolk; all Favours from the King and Queen must pa by him, and the Extent of his Power over - reacheth all the Council. Baker , Chronicles, p. 188. A common error when working to windward in a race for the purpose of rounding a weather mark-boat, is for a boat to overreach herself that is to say, stand on farther than nece ary for weathering the mark. Qualtrough, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 138. 3. To deceive by cunning, artifice, or sagacity; cheat; outwit. For that false spright... Was so expert in every subtile slight That it could overreach the wisest earthly wight. Spenser, F. Q., IV. ii. 10. Upon my life, by some device or other The villain is o'er - raught of all my money. They say this town is full of cozenage. IMG:content-2043.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To run beyond; exceed; especially, go of space or time. The bounty overruns our due, The fulne shames our discontent. Whittier, For an Autumn Festival. 6. To run over or run down; tread down; overwhelm; crush by superior force. Keeping his cattle in inclosure where they shall always have fresh pasture that now is all trampled and overrun. Spenser, State of Ireland. Such is thy wont, that still when any Knight Is weakned, then thou doest him over - ronne. Why droops my lord, like over - ripen'd corn, Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load? Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 2. 1. overroast (ō-vér-rōst'), v. t. To roast too much. Better 'twere that both of us did fast, Since, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric, Than feed it with such over - roasted flesh. Shak., T. of the S., iv. 1. 178. 4. To reach or stretch too far. She over-reached her right arm, and felt pain in the shoulder. Lancet , No. 3466, p. 241. =Syn. 3. To dupe, circumvent, cozen, gull, bamboozle, take in. II. in trans. In the manège , to strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the fore foot: said of a horse. - Overreaching device, an attachment to the foot or leg of a horse to prevent overreaching.