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Definition of Overween
1. v. t. To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.
Definition of Overween
1. Verb. (ergative) To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself). ¹
2. Verb. To make or render arrogant and overweening. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overween
1. to be arrogant [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overween
Literary usage of Overween
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Etymology of the English Language by William W. Smith (1873)
"... SUPPOSE or HOPE ; to WEEN. WEEN, «. to think; to imagine; to fancy. overween', v.
to think too highly. overween'ING, ppr. a. arrogant; conceited. ..."
2. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"... i Í overween'ingness i '\_^~^.i_^_^_?S overweigh' lfc^ '\ overween'ingly I ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"overween', ». n. Over and ween. To think too highly; to think with arrogance.
... They that overween, Satan might have learnt Less overweening, ..."
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