overvaluation

[Eng. over, and valua tion.) The act of overvaluing; too high a valuation or estimate. "But that which is guilty of the most general debate is the overvaluation of wisdom."- Bp . Hall : Peacemaker , § 8. ō-ver-val-ue, v . t . [Eng. over , and value , v.] 1. To value too highly; to prize overmuch; to value or rate at too high a price or value; to overestimate; to set too high a value on. "A prudent care not to overvalue ourselves upon any account."-Grew: Cosmo . Sacra , bk. ii., ch. vii. 2. To exceed in value. "A look that overvalued the ransom of a monarch."_ H. Brooke: Fool of Quality, ii. 239. ō-ver-vault', v. t. [Eng. over, and vault, v.] vault over. ( Southey: Thalaba, ix.) To To