overexposure (o"verekspozur)

1. Exce ive exposure, as to external influences. Through so many stages of consideration pa ion cannot po ibly hold out. It gets chilled by over - exposure . The Atlantic, LXIV. 586. 2. In photog., the exposure to light for too long a time of the sensitive plate in taking a picture. Over-exposure tends to produce a negative full of detail in the shadows, but with insufficient density for succe ful printing, and characterized by flatne , or want of con trast between light and shadow. Dan. overdrive, exaggerate), ofer, over, over-exquisite (o-vér-eks'kwi-zit), a. drifan, drive.] 1. To drive too hard; drive or work to exhaustion. Wen that he ys so ouer -dryue That he may no lengur lyue. J. Myrc, Instructions for Parish Priests (E. E. T. S.), [L. 1813. The flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. Gen. xxxiii. 13. Violent headaches - Nature's sharp signal that the en- gine had been overdriven . G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, I. 305. 2. To use to exce . The banishment of a few overdriven phrases and figures of speech from poetic diction. Encyc. Brit ., XXIV. 670. over drop (ō-vér-drop'), v. t. To drop over; overhang; overshadow. What spoyle and havock they may be tempted in time to make upon one another, while they seek either to over drop or to destroy each other. Bp. Gauden , Tears of the Church, p. 22. ( Davies .) The king may be satisfied to settle the choice of his high promotions in one minion; so will never the people; and the Advanced is sure to be shaked for his height, and to be malign'd for over - dropping . Bp. Hacket , Abp. Williams, ii. 15. ( Davies .) over drownł (ō-vér-droun'), v. t. To drown or drench overmuch; wet exce ively. When casting round her over - drowned eyes. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 1. overdry (ō-ver-dri'), v. t. To make too dry. Fried and broiled butter'd meats, condite, powdered, and overdryed. Burton , Anat. of Mel., I. 298. overdue (ō-ver-dū'), a . 1. Delayed or withheld beyond the usual or a igned time: as, an overdue ship.-2. Unpaid at the time a igned or agreed on: as, an overdue bill. overdye (ō-vér-di'), v . t . To dye over with a second color. False As o'er - dyed blacks, as wind, as waters. Shak ., W. T., i. 2. 132. overeat (ō-ver-ēt'), v . t. [=D. MLG. over eten = Exces sively or unduly exquisite or exact; too nice; too careful or anxious. Peace, brother; be not over - exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils. Milton , Comus, 1. 399. overeyet (ō-ver-i'), v. t. To superintend; inspect; observe; witne . Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ere ye. Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 80.