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Definition of Overpart
1. v. t. To give too important or difficult a part to.
Definition of Overpart
1. Noun. An upper part. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To give too important or difficult a part to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpart
1. to give an actor too difficult a part [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpart
Literary usage of Overpart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... ending with black rings; the overpart of her dress, yellow like unburnished
gold, very lissom and soft, had the characteristic blotches in the form of ..."
2. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1917)
"... present say : y* Cart wth ye corse & people passed on hey upon ye overpart of
ye water wthout drowning God made ym to passe, ..."
3. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"... ending with black rings; the overpart of her dress, yellow like unburnished
gold, very lissom and soft, had the characteristic blotches in the form of ..."
4. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"... the overpart of her dress, yellow like unburnished gold, very lissom and soft,
had the characteristic blotches in the form of rosettes, ..."
5. A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County by Sampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood (1820)
"... until it come to the overpart of the rock ; and within the same, a goodly
strong gatehouse, and a strong wall, with other buildings ; which, ..."
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