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overdo, v.|ˌəʊvəˈduː, əʊvəˈduː|
Forms: see do.
[OE. oferdón = OHG. ubartuan, MHG. übertuon, f. ofer-, over- (26, 27; 21, 22, 24, 17) + do v.]
1. trans. To do to excess or too much; to carry to excess; to overact; to exaggerate.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 532 Þonne sceal his steor beon mid lufe ᵹemeteᵹod, na mid wælhreawnysse oferdon. a1225Ancr. R. 286 Euerich þing me mei, þauh, ouerdon. Best is euer imete. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xiv. 191 Thei ouer⁓don hit day and nyght. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 22 Any thing so ouer-done, is from the purpose of Playing. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §73. 381 Often what he took in hand, he did not doe it but over doe it. a1770Jortin Serm. (1771) I. v. 87 A disposition and behaviour which may be overdone as well as underdone. 1871Freeman Hist. Ess. Ser. i. iv. 106 With the zeal of a new convert he overdid matters.
2. intr. or absol. To do too much; to go to excess; to exceed the proper limit.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 317 But he passede and over dede in gadringe of money. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 21 Some can not do but they overdo. 1657W. Rand tr. Gassendi's Life Peiresc i. 12 Wherein I conceive he overdid. a1711Grew (J.), Nature so intent upon finishing her work, much oftner over-does than under-does. 1890Univ. Rev. 15 June 214 He overdoes in both the burnt-sienna glow of the ‘Venetian’ hair and the unctuosity of the body-colour.
3. trans. To treat or affect in some way to excess; to carry too far.
1623State Papers, Col. 182 [Lilly was dismissed] because he would sometimes be overdone in drink. 1847L. Hunt Men, Women, & B. I. xiii. 217 Don't you see that it overdoes your argument? 1875Green Lett. (1901) 403, I wish he didn't overdo his case.
4. To cook (food) too much. (Most frequently in pa. pple. overdone.)
1683Tryon Way to Health 111 That it [roast flesh] be neither over nor under-done, but of the two, it is better that it be under-done. 1842Gresley B. Leslie (1843) 254 Aristotle tells of a baker, who asked his employer whether he liked his meat overdone or underdone.
5. To overtax the strength of; to fatigue, exhaust, overcome. Also in phr. to overdo it, to do too much for one's health; to overtax one's strength.
1817M. Whalley Let. 23 Apr. in J. Constable Corr. (1962) I. 164, I trust however that your Darling is better than when you wrote, & was not overdone with company yesterday. 1822Ld. Kenyon in Life A. Bell (1844) III. 283 Dr. Russell..was quite overdone with his labours. 1853J. Ruskin Let. 18 Aug. in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 85 He overdid it last winter and now evidently stands in need of rest. 1858Bp. S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1881) II. xi. 385 At night ran down too fast, and overdid myself. 1866Geo. Eliot Let. 5 June (1956) IV. 267, I..have been a new creature ever since, though a little over-done with visits from friends and attention (miserabile dictu!) to petticoats etc. 1897W. H. Thornton Remin. W.-Co. Clergyman vii. 233, I have never overdone a horse in all my life. 1901M. Franklin My Brilliant Career v. 31 We were too overdone to make more than one-worded utterances, so waited silently in the blazing sun, closing our eyes against the dust. 1920N. Coward I'll leave it to You ii. 24 You work terribly hard. I only hope you won't overdo it. 1924A. Huxley Let. 3 Dec. (1969) 237 We must be careful not to make him overdo it, unless we want him laid up. 1973N. Meyer Target Practice (1975) xv. 185, I worked at being normal. Perhaps I overdid it.
6. To surpass or exceed in performance; to outdo, excel. arch.
a1625Fletcher Double Marriage iv. iii, Are you she, That over-did all ages with your honour? 1658Cleveland Rustic Rampant Wks. (1687) 392 One who could overdo all Men in Dissembling. 1859Tennyson Elaine 468 Wrathful that a stranger knight Should do and almost overdo the deeds Of Lancelot.
7. intr. To do more than suffice; cf. do v. 20.
1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes i. 7 In large Towns..this provision of a Tenth part will not do; and in other places..it will over-do.
¶8. Rendering L. transigĕre: To pass, spend (time). Obs.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxxviii. 28 Eche smythe..the whyche the nyȝt as the day ouerdoth [1388 that passith the niȝt as the dai].
Hence ˈover-do (the vb. stem taken as) adj. (nonce-use); overdoer |-ˈduːə(r)|, one who overdoes.
1681Baxter Answ. Dodwell 150 It is an easie Matter for Overdoers to add but a clause or two more to their Oaths and Subscriptions. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. 6 Your overdoers generally give the offence they endeavour to avoid. Ibid. VIII. 362 A good deal of blunder of the over-do and under-do kind. |