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Definition of Overprize
1. v. t. Toprize excessively; to overvalue.
Definition of Overprize
1. Verb. (transitive) To prize excessively; to overvalue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overprize
1. [v -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprize
Literary usage of Overprize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius (1908)
"But take heed withal, lest that whilst thou dost settle thy contentment in things
present, thou grow in time so to overprize them, as that the want of them ..."
2. The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius (1908)
"But take heed withal, lest that whilst thou dost settle thy contentment in things
present, thou grow in time so to overprize them, as that the want of them ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE various ills below content I'll bear, Grant me, indulgent Heav'n ! this sole
request; Nor life to overprize, nor death to fear, Let Fortune shuffle as ..."
4. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"The interesting lives of a few exceptionally able American inventors have led us
to overprize engineering short cuts. We are patenting inventions at the ..."
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