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t. & i. [Eng. over, and step, v.] A. Trans.: To step over or beyond; to pa , to exceed, to transgre . "O'erstep not the modesty of nature." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 2. *B. In trans.: To neglect; to omit. "I over stept to mention somewhat of the sweet ringing of our tuneable bells."- Church Bells , Aug. 20, 1881, p. 607. *ō-ver-stińk', v . t . [Eng. over , and stink , v.] To stink more or worse than; to exceed in stench. "The foul lake, O'erstunk their feet." Shakesp.: Tempest , iv. ō'-ver-stock, subst . [Eng. over , and stock , s.] A superabundance, an exce ; more than is sufficient. ō-ver-stock', v. t . [Eng. over , and stock , v.] To stock too much; to fill with too great a stock; to overcrowd; to supply or furnish with too great a stock or supply. "The world's o'erstock'd with prudent men." Dryden: The Medal , 102. ō-ver-störe', v. t. [Eng. over , and store , v.] To store with too much; to fill with too much stores; to overstock. "Even the ocean itself would have been long since over stored with fish."- Hale : Orig. of Mankind , p. 208. ō-ver-stör-ý, s. [Eng. over , and story .] Arch. The clerestory or upper story of a building. ō-ver-strāin', v . i . & t . [Eng. over , and strain , v.] A. In trans .: To strain or exert one's self too much; to labor to exce . "With overstraining and earnestne of finishing their pieces, they often did them more harm than good."Dryden: Dufresnoy, § 54. B. Trans.: To stretch or strain too far or too much. "Lewis was sensible that the strength of France had been overstrained by the exertions of the last campaign." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xx. ō-ver-strāin, s . [OVERSTRAIN, v . ] Exce ive exertion. (Richardson: Grand is on, vi. 144.) *ō-ver-strait-lý, adv . [Eng. over , and straitly .] Too straitly, too strictly, too rigorously. "He found himself over straitly tied up with hard conditions."- Raleigh : Hist . World , bk. v., ch. ii., § 1. *ō-ver-straw', v. t. [Eng. over , and straw , v.] To strew or scatter over; to overstrew. "The bottom poison, and the top ov'rstraw'd With sweets." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 1,143. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. over stream ō-ver-stream', v . t . [Eng. over , and stream , v.] To stream or flow over; to pa over as a stream. "O'erst reamed and silver-streaked With many a rivulet." Tennyson: The Islet. ō-ver-stretch', v. t . & i . [Eng. over , and stretch .] A. Trans .: To stretch too far; to overstrain. B. In trans.: To be stretched or extended too far. "The tumor was gangrened by reason of the overstretch ing of the skin." - Wiseman : Surgery , bk. i., ch. xxi. ō-ver-strew' (ew as ô), *ō-ver-strów', v . t. [Eng. over , and strew .] To strew or scatter over. "The clammy surface all o'erstrown with tribes Of greedy insects." Philips : Cider , i.