overween

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERWEE'N, verb intransitive [seen is obsolete, except in composition. See the word.] 1. To think too highly; to think arrogantly or conceitedly. 2. To reach beyond the truth in thought; to think too favorably.
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