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Definition of Overread
1. v. t. To read over, or peruse.
Definition of Overread
1. Verb. To interpret something to a greater degree, or in a more positive way, than appropriate ¹
2. Verb. To read over, or peruse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overread
1. to read over [v -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overread
Literary usage of Overread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"From Harvey's Four Letters and certaine Sonnets, pub. 1592, we learn that 'The
sharpest part of those unlucky letters was overread at the Council Table' ..."
2. Literary Studies by Walter Bagehot (1879)
"... of Oxford once observed to us, " The use of the University of Oxford is that
no one can overread himself there. The appetite for knowledge is repressed. ..."
3. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... may be by all means, and still not have the smallest claim to my attention as
a public reader. The town is overread from all the white squares on the ..."
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