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overpreach, v.|ˌəʊvəˈpriːtʃ| [over- 1 e, 23.] 1. trans. To preach above or beyond.
1659Gauden Tears Ch. i. xiv. 117 Many of us so overpreached our peoples capacities, that [etc.]. 2. To overdo or exhaust with preaching. (Chiefly refl.)
1865Pall Mall G. 6 Oct. 5 Dr. Hook..was not present, having, as it was said, ‘overpreached himself’. 1899Daily News 19 May 9/3 Both..had this in common that they would not ‘overpreach’ themselves—a vice into which apparently all modern preachers..seem to fall. |