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overheap, v.|əʊvəˈhiːp|
[over- 25, 8. Cf. Ger. überhäufen.]
1. trans. To heap up or accumulate to excess.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxxv. 103 To restore all þinges, not only holy, but also abundantly & ouerhepid. 1830Pusey Hist. Enquiry ii. 433 Its dicta classica (overheaped as they are) were published by Reineccius.
2. To overlay with a heap or large quantity; to load, charge, or fill to excess by or as by heaping.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Titus 3 Y⊇ knowledge of trueth which among y⊇ Ethnikes was ouer heaped with the inuencions of mans wysedom. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 522 Ouer-heaped with honourable benefits. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. viii, Overheaped with shreds and tatters. |