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Definition of Oversure
1. a. Excessively sure.
Definition of Oversure
1. Adjective. Excessively sure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversure
1. too sure [adj] - See also: sure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversure
Literary usage of Oversure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"Therefore I am return'd, lest confidence 140 Of my success with Eve in paradise
Deceive ye to persuasion oversure Of like succeeding here: I summon all ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"So secure, So confident, so oversure, While Europe dies, with warning writ In
blood across the face of it! Valor, I doubt not, warms your heart— Lest to the ..."
3. Lucius Q. C. Lamar: His Life, Times, and Speeches. 1825-1893 by Edward Mayes (1896)
"... skeptical about the determination of the Republicans to resist, and regarding
their bold front as only a political bluff, oversure of the resolution of ..."
4. Educational Review by Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew, Charles Alexander Nelson (1901)
"Otherwise he will be left behind in the race, as he deserves to be— and as we
all are from time to time when we grow oversure of our methods and, ..."
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