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▪ I. ˌoverˈdoing, vbl. n.
[f. overdo + -ing1.]
The action of the verb overdo; doing to excess.
1340Ayenb. 260 Sobrete lokeþ mesure ine mete and ine drinke, þet me ne maki ouerdoinge. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 53 Man awe gretly eschewe ouer⁓doynge and ouerabundance of despensz. 1643Nethersole Proj. for Peace (1648) 22 In amendment of..our failings, and over-doings. 1891Athenæum 2 May 563/1 The short⁓comings—or rather the overdoing—of the author are only too apparent.
▪ II. ˈoverˈdoing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That overdoes or does too much.
1612Chapman Widowes T. iv. i, This strain of mourning..like an overdoing actor, affects grossly. 1614B. Jonson Bart. Fair i. i, You grow so insolent with it, and overdoing, John. 1756W. Dodd Fasting (ed. 2) 9 The very extraordinary and over-doing hypocrites. 1858Bushnell Serm. New Life xxii. (1869) 318 The one thing needful, quite passed by in her overdoing carefulness. |