† overmindv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To think too much of, attach too great importance to.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
to make of (also on)c1449
to make fair weather of1537
over-reckon1537
overmind1571
overween1588
overprize?1589
overcount1593
overvalue1597
overrate1599
wondernize1599
overhold1609
over-cess1611
overweight1613
overthinka1618
over-title1620
overcast1622
overmeasure1625
over-sum1628
overesteema1639
overproportion1642
outbid1688
overcharge1711
overestimate1797
overreach1822
overplay1835
maximize1866
maximate1881
out-reckon1898
fetishize1934
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxii. 2) Least by overmynding their owne infirmitie theyr hartes should fayle them.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccci, in Poems (1878) 176 Soe much a Monarch overminds what they By Loans and Subsidies bring in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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