overanxious (x as ksh)

[Eng. over, and anxious.] Too anxious; anxious to exce . ō-ver-ǎnx-ious-lý (x as ksh), adv. [Eng. over anxious; -ly. In an overanxious manner; with exce ive anxiety. IMG:content-0445.png:[blocks in formation] "To overawe the malcontents within the walls."- Ma caulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. v. ō-ver-âwed, pa . par . or a. [OVERAWE.] 1. Restrained by awe or superior influence. "The nations overawed , surcease to fight." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , xii. 1,024. *2. Regarded as po e ing an exce ive power of producing awe. *ō-ver-aw-ful, a. [Eng. over , and awful .] Too full of awe; too much impre ed with feelings of awe and reverence. ( Milton .) *ō-ver-âwn', v. [Eng. over , and awn ( ing ).] To overshadow. "Above the depths four over awning wings Bore up a little car." -Southey: Thalaba, xii. ō-ver-bal-ançe, v . t . [Eng. over , and balance , v.] 1. To more than balance; to weigh down; to exceed in weight, value, or importance; to preponderate, to outweigh. "Deeds always overbalance words." -South: Sermons, vol. vii., ser. 13. 2. To destroy or lose the balance or equilibrium of; as, to overbalance one's self.