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▪ I. ˈoverˌtrust, n.
[over- 29.]
Excessive trust; over-confidence, presumption.
a1225Ancr. R. 332 Þeos two unðeawes, untrust and ouer⁓trust, beoð þes deofles tristren. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. vii. 22 We haue for vs..ayeyn har boldenesse and ouer-truste, mekenesse and maner. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington vii. 20 But wink no more in slothful overtrust.
▪ II. ˌoverˈtrust, v.
[over- 27.]
1. intr. To trust or confide too much; to be over-confident.
a1225Ancr. R. 332 Dred wiðuten hope makeð mon untrusten: and hope wiðute dred makeð ouertrusten. 1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 40 Unbridled with prosperitie and ouertrusting to themselues. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1183 Thus it shall befall Him who to worth in Women overtrusting Lets her Will rule.
2. trans. To trust (a person or thing) too much.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. ix. (1650) 249 Some there are that doe so over-trust their leaders eyes, that they care not to see with their own. |