Definition of Overstepping

1. Verb. (present participle of overstep) ¹

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Definition of Overstepping

1. overstep [v] - See also: overstep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstepping

overstatements
overstates
overstating
overstay
overstay one's welcome
overstayed
overstaying
overstays
oversteepened
oversteer
oversteered
oversteering
oversteers
overstep
overstepped
overstepping (current term)
oversteps
overstimulate
overstimulated
overstimulates
overstimulating
overstimulation
overstir
overstirred
overstirring
overstirs
overstitch
overstock
overstocked
overstocking

Literary usage of Overstepping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Pennsylvania, John Agg (1838)
"The duty of the judges is to prevent the other branches from overstepping their proper limits. Unless the judges, therefore, were so far independent as not ..."

2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1883)
"The Pure llth Tithi, whose dawn is not encroached upon, is itself of four kinds, viz., 1st, when the llth only is overstepping; 2nd, when the 12th only is ..."

3. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the 2d Session of the by Committee on agriculture, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"As overstepping the bounds! Mr. NELSON'. Do you find in the administration of the lav any difficulty at all in enforcing the ..."

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