overdraft

[English over, and draft (q. v.).] An amount overdrawn on an account at a bank. ō-ver-draw', v. t. & i. [Eng. over, and draw.] A. Transitive: 1. To represent in an exaggerated manner in writing, action, speech, or a picture; to overdo, to exaggerate. 2. To draw upon for a larger sum than is due, or than is standing to one's credit; as, to overdraw one's account at a bank. B. In trans.: To draw upon one's account for a larger sum than is standing to its credit. "She might have thought she could overdraw."-Lon. don Daily Telegraph. ō-ver-drâwn', pa. par. or a. [OVERDRAW.] *ō-ver-dreēp', v. trans. (OVER DRIP.) To over shadow. ""Th' aspiring nettles shall no longer overdreep the best hearbs." Nashe: Pierce Pennile e. (1592.) ō-ver-dre ', v. t. & i. [Eng. over, and dre , v.] To dre too much; to dre , adorn, or deck out to exce . "Nor overdre , nor leave her wholly bare." Pope : Moral E ays , iv. 52. ō-ver-drink', v . t . & i . [Eng. over , and drink , v.] To drink to exce . ( Adams : Works , ii. 479.) *ō-ver-drip', v . t . [Eng. over , and drip , v.] To overhang ( Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 132.) ō-ver-drive', *o-ver-dryve, v. t. [Eng. over, and drive, v.] To drive too hard or fast, or beyond strength "The flocks and herds with young, if men should overdriv one day, all will die."- Genesis xxxiii. 13. *ō-ver-drop', v . t . [Eng.over, and drop , v.] To overshadow ( Gauden : Tears of the Church , p. 22.) 2957 *ō-ver-drowned', a. [Eng. over , and drowned .] Drowned, drenched, or wetted too much. "Casting round her over drownèd eyes." Brown: Britannia's Pastorals , ii. 1. ō-ver-dry, adj . [Eng. over, and dry , a.] Too dry, ō-ver-drỹ, v. t. too much. [Eng. over , and dry , v.] To dry "Meats condite, powdered and overdryed."-Burton: Anat. of Melancholy.