overratev.
/ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈreɪt/ 1. transitive. To rate or assess too highly; to have a higher opinion of than is deserved; to overestimate.
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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
1599 T. Heywood Edward IV i. l. 1969 Yet hauing had the vse of it so long, It rather prooues you ouer-rate the thing.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 37 Sir, you o're-rate my poore kindnesse. View more context for this quotation
1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 226 Essex House is now to be sold, & valued at about 7000l..it seemeth to me not to be overrated.
1700 A. Boyer Achilles i. i. 4 My Lord, you over-rate a trifling Conquest.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. viii. 39 How have you over-rated my merits!
1788 J. Aikin Eng. Delineated 248 Its population has been greatly over-rated.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. xii. 215 There was a hope..that Harriet might have deceived herself, and be over-rating his regard for her. View more context for this quotation
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. i. 29 The Londoners soon found out their advantage, and, overrating it, steered into their opponents' water prematurely.
1907 J. G. Horner Henley's Encycl. Pract. Engin. V. 40/2 It is hardly possible to overrate the importance of forced lubrication in modern practice.
1948 J. Rosenberg Rembrandt I. i. 13 Rembrandt's lowly origin led him to overrate the qualities of finer breeding in her.
1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Dec. 28/2 We must not overrate the power of scholarship to destroy myths.
2. transitive. To make too high an assessment of (a person's property) for the purpose of setting local rates charges. Also intransitive.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [verb (transitive)] > rate too highly
overrate1654
1654 L. D. Exact Relation Proc. & Trans. 10 Some of London passionately complained of their being over-rated, they paying eight thousand pound a Month.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 376 A person who considers that he has been overrated by the quinquennial list.
1976 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 4 Dec. 1/9 Local authorities with large balances to fall back on had been grossly over-rating in the past.
3. transitive. Rowing. To row at a faster rate than (an opponent).
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society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (transitive)] > row (a boat) > make a stroke > row at specific rate > row at faster rate than
overrate1960
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > race boats [verb (transitive)] > row a race > actions in rowing race
bump1826
wash1865
overbump1900
overrate1960
1960 Times 28 Mar. 14/3 A year ago Barn Cottage held the headship from Isis, overrating them by four strokes a minute all the way.
1976 Times 15 Mar. 10/2 The Olympic aspirants, overrating Oxford, took half a length each time.
1997 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Mar. 24 Leander were consistently overrated by London University, a crew which included the Olympic Bronze medallist Rupert Obholzer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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