† ˌoverˈlavish,v.Obs. [over- 27.] intr. To be too lavish; to exaggerate. 1607Schol. Disc.agst. Antichr. ii. ix. 131 Others censure Prudentius and Ephreem as overlavishing in their speeches about the crosse.1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar ii. iii. 128 To overlavish transcendently in their commendation.