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overspeak, v. Now rare.|ˌəʊvəˈspiːk|
[over- 27, 22.]
1.
†a. trans. To speak of, or proclaim, too strongly; to overstate, exaggerate. Obs.
1628Bp. Hall Old Relig. (1686) Ded., If fame do not over⁓speak you there are not many soils that yield either so frequent flocks or better fed. 1681R. Fleming Fulfill. Scripture (1801) II. ii. 16 A truth which none can overspeak, Yea where no possible hyperbole can ever be.
b. intr. To speak too strongly; to speak extravagantly, exaggerate. Also refl. in same sense.
a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1673) 229 [He] extremely over⁓worded, and over-spake himself in his expression of it. a1661Fuller Worthies, Hants. (1662) 5 Seing ill usage..may make a Sober man Overspeak in his passion.
2. trans. To surpass or outdo in speaking.
1826Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 97/1 Mr. Jackson strives to out-paint Sir Thomas; Sir Thomas Lethbridge to over⁓speak Mr. Canning.
So ˈoverˈspeaking vbl. n., too much speaking; exaggeration; ˈoverˈspeaking ppl. a., that speaks too much.
1609Overbury State of France (1626) 28 In their Conuersation, the Custome [of] shifting, and ouerspeaking, hath quite ouercome the shame of it. a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) 28 Of Loquacitie or Over-speaking. 1612Bacon Ess., Judicature (Arb.) 454 An ouerspeaking Iudge is no well tuned Cymball. |