Definition of Overred

1. v. t. To smear with red.

Definition of Overred

1. to cover with a red colour [v OVERREDDED, OVERREDDING, OVERREDS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overred

overreact
overreacted
overreacting
overreaction
overreactions
overreacts
overread
overreadiness
overreading
overreads
overready
overreckon
overreckoned
overreckoning
overreckons
overred (current term)
overreds
overrefine
overrefined
overrefinement
overrefinements
overrefines
overrefining
overregarded
overregulate
overregulated
overregulates
overregulating
overregulation
overregulations

Literary usage of Overred

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... whose impetuous zeal so overred the ministers of Valentinian that he was permitted retire without making the surrender of the churches. ..."

2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... allt^ г'1011?п 'l 's mt overred that he fold them, knowing them te be thai"uie "У the goods of а ..."

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