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overˈreacher
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who or that which overreaches. †a. One who exaggerates; hence (in Puttenham) = hyperbole. b. One who gets the better of another by craft or fraud. c. A horse that overreaches (see prec. 4).
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. (Arb.) 202 The figure which the Greeks call Hiperbole, the Latines Dementiens or the lying figure. I for his immoderate excesse cal him the ouer reacher. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1590) 11 Is there no penaltie to represse such lauish ouer reachers as offer legends of lies to the presse? 1611Cotgr., Surpreneur,..ouerreacher, cheater, cousener, craftie dealer. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 67 Nor thieves, nor over-reachers, nor drunkards,..shall inherit the kingdom of God. |