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Definition of Overate
1. overeat [v] - See also: overeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overate
Literary usage of Overate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"But Mrs. O. is getting old, and I saw a great deal of gray in her hair — she was
in very good spirits: and your little godson overate himself at our house. ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1901)
"But Mrs. 0. is getting old, and I saw a great deal of grey in her hair—she was
in very good spirits : and your little godson overate himself at our house. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench by George Maule, William Selwyn, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1815)
"... The declaration stated that the goods the ship with rm - •• x » ,* overate,
and rice and other goods arrived within the limits of the port of L., ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1881)
"He overate himself at meals, of solid flesh four times a day, so that his stomach
was perpetually deranged; and in order to get rid of his unpleasant ..."
5. The Bookman (1907)
""I once in my boyhood possessed a rabbit—of the lop-eared variety," I continued, "which
overate itself and died. I remember I attempted to skin it with dire ..."
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