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Definition of Overemphasise

1. Verb. Place special or excessive emphasis on. "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

Definition of Overemphasise

1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of overemphasize) ¹

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Literary usage of Overemphasise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ireland's Literary Renaissance by Ernest Augustus Boyd (1922)
"The temptation to overemphasise the part of the dressmaker could not have been resisted by an author intent merely on raising a laugh by any species of ..."

2. Essays on Modern Dramatists by William Lyon Phelps (1921)
"It is easier to overemphasise national differences than to bear in mind the essential kinship of all men. ..."

3. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1905)
"Nevertheless, it is possible to overemphasise the verticality of Gothic architecture. What the builders took away with one hand, they put back with the ..."

4. George Washington and Other American Addresses by Frederic Harrison (1901)
"... so Mr. Morley is inclined to overemphasise Cromwell's unconstitutional policy, owing to his own excessive respect for Parliament and parliamentary ..."

5. Democracy and Race Friction: A Study in Social Ethics by John Moffatt Mecklin (1914)
"... can hardly overemphasise the importance of this connection between race-feeling and group-relations for the understanding of the race question. ..."

6. Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Edward Bradford Titchener, Margaret Floy Washburn, Julia Henrietta Gulliver (1897)
"Those who assert the contrary either draw an exaggerated picture of the primitive sensible stages of the moral consciousness, or overemphasise the specific ..."

7. Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1902)
"Those who assert the contrary either draw an exaggerated picture of the primitive sensible stages of the moral consciousness, or overemphasise the specific ..."

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