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over- (ō′vər)

    1. above in position, over, outer, upper overhead
    2. superior, eminent overlord
    1. passing across or beyond overshoot, overpass, overrun
    2. passing over the top or the brim of overflow
  3. denoting movement downward from above overwhelm
  4. across the surface of overgrowth, overprint
  5. more (than), excessive, too much, beyond the normal, extra overrate, oversell, oversleep
  6. overly; excessively overeager, overlong

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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