overvalue (overvalu)

t. 1. To set too great value on; rate at too high a price: as, to overvalue a house; to overvalue one's self. He was so far from overvaluing any of the appendages of life that the thoughts even of life itself did not seem to affect him. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xi. 2. To exceed in value. I dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate to your ring: which, in my opinion, o'ervalues it something. Shak ., Cymbeline, i. 4. 120. over vault (ō-vér-vâlt'), v. t. To arch over. Full of long-sounding corridors it was, That over - vaulted grateful gloom. Tennyson, Palace of Art. overveil (ō-ver-vāl'), v . t . To cover or conceal with or as with a veil. The day begins to break, and night is fled, Whose pitchy mantle over - veil'd the earth. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 82. overviewt (ō'ver-vū), n. An overlooking; inspection. Too bitter is thy jest. Are we betray'd thus to thy over - view ? overview (ō-vér-vū), v. t. To overlook. It overviews a spacious garden, Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 175. Amidst which stands an alabaster fountain. Middle ton , Spanish Gypsy, iii. 3. over-violent (ō-ver-vi'ō-lent), a. Exce ively violent or pa ionate; prone to violence or abuse. Dryden . overvote (ō-vér-võt'), v. t. To outvote; outnumber in votes given. Eikon Basilike. over walk (ō-ver-wak'), v. t. To walk over or upon. I'll read you matter deep and dangerous, As full of peril and adventurous spirit As to o'er - walk a current roaring loud On the unsteadfast footing of a spear. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 3. 192. overwaltt, v. t. [ME. over wal ten ; over + walt.] To roll over; overturn. All the folke, with there fos, fru het to dethe, And the wall is ouerwalt into the wete dyches. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8155. over wart (ō-ver-war'), v . t. To surpa in war; conquer. Warner , Albion's England, v. 25. overwardt (ō'ver-wä dt (over-ward), adv. [ME. over ward, over + -ward .] Acro ; cro wise. And wethir thou thi landes eree or delve, Over ward and after longe [lengthwise] extende a lyne. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 66. overwash (ō-vér-wosh'), v . t. To wash or flow over; spread over or on. But durst not ask of her audaciously Why her two suns were cloud-eclipsed so, Nor why her fair cheeks over- wash'd with woe. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1225.