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22. override (ō-vér-rīd'), r. t. [ Thare myghte mene see Romaynez rewfully wondyde, Over-redyne with renkes of the round table! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1524. over; extend over or throughout; be propagated throughout. Till the tears that she hath shed for thee Like envious floods o'er - run her lovely face, She was the fairest creature in the world. Shak., T. of the S., Ind., ii. 67. Of all false religions, the Mahometan came nearest to the Christian in the swift manner of its propagation; for in a small time it over - ran a great part of the eastern world. Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, I. iv. Stone walls overrun with privet and barberries. Long fellow , Kavanagh, xxi. 3. To hara by hostile incursions; overcome and take po e ion of by invasion. ginal odor. Sanders himself having the stench of his railing tongue over-scented with the fragrant ointment of this prince's memory. Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. 303. overscore (ō-vėr-skōr'), v . t.; pret. and pp. over scored , ppr. overscoring. To score or draw a line or lines over; erase by drawing lines over. It had originally been written London, and afterwards carefully overscored -not, however, so effectually as to conceal the word from a scrutinizing eye. Poe , Prose Tales, I. 379. over-scrupulous (ō-vér-skröʻpū-lus), a. Serupulous to exce . Men are not apt to be over - scrupulous as to measures which they deem e ential to their personal safety. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 7. over-scrupulousne (ō-vér-skröʻpū-lus-nes), IMG:content-2044.png:[blocks in formation]