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overvalue, v.|ˌəʊvəˈvæljuː|
[over- 26, 22 b.]
1. trans. To value (a thing) above its true worth; to value too highly, overestimate.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xxii. §7 By thus ouervaluing their Sermons, they make the price and estimation of Scripture..to fall. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. x. 44 If he resolve not, he overvalues little things, which is Pusillanimity. 1876Grote Eth. Fragm. vi. 230 Aristotle never overvalues the advantages of riches.
b. To put too high a money valuation upon.
1641T. Lechford Note-Bk. (1885) 432 John Seberry against Walter Merry for {pstlg}15 wch he over-valued the house he bought of him. 1656H. Phillips Purch. Patt. (1676) 15 The long Lease is much over-valued. 1847C. G. Addison Contracts ii. iv. §2 (1883) 676 If the policy be enormously overvalued, that will be evidence of fraud. 1885Law Times 7 Feb. 269/1 There was a strong reason why Mr. Thomas should over-value rather than under-value the goods.
†2. Of a thing: To surpass in value. Obs.
1608Dod & Cleaver Expos. Prov. xi-xii. 190 A little gold ouerualueth much leade or yron. a1657R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 107 A single remembrance over-values it. a1701Sedley Tyrant of Crete i. i, Such a jewel would overvalue all the rest. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 105 She gave me a look that overvalued the ransom of a monarch.
Hence ˌoverˈvalued ppl. a.; ˌoverˈvaluing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1627Hakewill Apol. iv. xi. §8. 425 The partiall overvaluing of their manhood by their owne Historians. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 123 [He] On his own Deeds sets over-valuing Rates. 1805M. A. Shee Rhymes Art (1806) 107 To crown th' o'ervalued skill of foreign skies. 1885Athenæum 30 May 690/3 Cases where an overvalued coinage has passed current for a long period of years because of the careful limitation of the quantities issued. |