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Definition of Overvaluing
1. overvalue [v] - See also: overvalue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overvaluing
Literary usage of Overvaluing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"Nor is the translator exposed to the biographer's weakness for overvaluing his
subject. He pretends to no discoveries, has taken no brief for or against the ..."
2. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1840)
"I dislike something that has the appearance of enthusiasm, overvaluing feelings
and inward impressions ; mistaking the mere work of imagination ..."
3. A Manual of Common Law: Comprising the Fundamental Principles and the Points by Josiah William Smith (1864)
"overvaluing If the insured fraudulently overvalues his interest, he cannot recover,
even for the value proved to be on board. (Sm. Merc. ..."
4. Currency: Or, The Fundamental Principles of Monetary Science Postulated by Hugh Bowlby Willson (1882)
"On the question of morality, the overvaluing of silver coin is exactly on a par
with the alleged practices of the Jews, during the long period of the ..."
5. A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience by Richard Baxter (1825)
"Directions against inordinate Man-pleasing: or that overvaluing the Favour and
Censure of Man, which is the fruit of Pride, and a great cause of Hypocrisy. ..."
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