Definition of Overshaot

Definition of Overshaot

O`ver*shoot" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.] 1. To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.

2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.

3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper.

To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

O`ver*shoot", v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

To go too far.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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