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▪ I. † ˈover-ˌsum, n. Obs. [over- 19.] A sum over and above a defined amount; a surplus.
1587Harrison England i. xviii. (1878) iii. 137 The bishop there had yearelie three or foure tunne at the least giuen him Nomine decimæ, beside whatsoeuer ouer-summe of the liquor did accrue to him by leases and other excheats. ▪ II. ˌover-ˈsum, v. [over- 27.] trans. To estimate too highly, overrate.
1627–47Feltham Resolves i. xxii. 79 To let them goe without sorrowing or over-summing them. 1929R. Bridges Testament of Beauty iv. 108 The imperativ obligation cannot be over-summ'd. |