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Webster 1913 Edition
Overshoot
Oˊver-shoot′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overshot
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overshooting
.] 1.
To shoot over or beyond; to miss;
“Not to overshoot his game.” as, to
. overshoot
a mark; to overshoot
the green in golfSouth.
2.
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
Hartle.
3.
To exceed;
as, to
. overshoot
the truthCowper.
To overshoot one’s self
, to venture too far; to assert too much.
Oˊver-shoot′
,Verb.
I.
To fly beyond the mark.
Collier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overshoot
OVERSHOOT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To shoot beyond the mark.2.
To pass swiftly over.To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
OVERSHOOT'
,Verb.
I.