overween
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overween
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From Middle English overwēnen (“to be presumptuous, be over-confident; presume”), from Old English oferwennan and oferwenian (“to be proud, become insolent, or presumptuous”), equivalent to over- + ween.
verb overweens · overweening · overweened
- To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself). and they that overween, / And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,
- To make or render arrogant and overweening. There is, I suppose, the cheap drama of man sticking his nose into an area where it does little good except to expand his already overweened vanity.
- To overwhelm. The invasion of a vast enemy host upon the unprepared is unstoppable; the huge phalanx of tanks overweens our small army of trucks and rifles; […]
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