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Webster 1913 Edition

Overstock

O′ver-stockˊ

,
Noun.
Stock in excess.
Tatler.

Oˊver-stock′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overstocked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstocking
.]
To fill too full; to supply in excess;
as, to
overstock
a market with goods, or a farm with cattle
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overstock

OVERSTOCK'

,
Noun.
Superabundance; more than is sufficient.

OVERSTOCK'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To fill too full; to crowd; to supply with more than is wanted. The world may be overstocked with inhabitants. The market is often overstocked with goods.
2.
To furnish with more cattle than are wanted; as, to overstock a farm.
3.
To supply with more seed than is wanted; as, to overstock land with clover.

Definition 2024

overstock

overstock

English

Verb

overstock ‎(third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)

  1. To stock to an excessive degree.

Noun

overstock ‎(plural overstocks)

  1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
    • 1794, The Tatler (volume 4, page 24)
      This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […]

Etymology

over- +‎ stock

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