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Definition of Overclothe
1. Verb. Dress too warmly. "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"
Generic synonyms: Apparel, Clothe, Dress, Enclothe, Fit Out, Garb, Garment, Habilitate, Raiment, Tog
Antonyms: Underdress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overclothe
Literary usage of Overclothe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"... register above 70°F. There is a marked tendency to coddle, to wrap, and to
overclothe these patients. The patient requires, even during the winter, ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"They sit in overheated, unventilated rooms, and often overclothe themselves.
They also avoid sharp exercise, owing to the prolonged aching and stiffness ..."
3. Friends' Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1858)
"Hence, if we overclothe the body, we certainly lessen its power of self-protection,
and, in the end, induce the very evil it is the object of clothing to ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1904)
"At any time during the year, and especially in summer, it is an erroneous idea
to overclothe a child. ..."
5. Melbourne, and the Chincha Islands: With Sketches of Lima, and a Voyage by George Washington Peck (1854)
"... and are not disappointed ; though even there the writers not seldom overclothe
the matter, and leave the dignity in such high relief that the art of its ..."
6. Alone in the Wilderness by Joseph Knowles (1913)
"At the very start of life parents have the tendency to overclothe their children,
with the result that boys and girls are made tender in the beginning so ..."
7. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1882)
"... nor overclothe one part, leaving another unprotected ; regular and consistent
habits of thought; the cultivation of equability of temper; ..."
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