also over-rate, "to rate or estimate too highly," 1610s, from over- + rate (v.). Related: Overrated; overrating.

early 14c., overrechen, "to reach or rise above or beyond" (transitive), from over- + reach (v.). Meaning "to extend out over something, to cover" is from c. 1400. Sense of "to reach beyond one's strength, reach or stretch too far" is from 1560s. As a noun, "too great a reach," from 1550s; in the sense of "an act of overreaching," 1610s. Related: Overreached; overreaching.

also over-react, "respond with excessive force or emotion," by 1928, from over- + react (v.). Related: Overreacted; overreacting; overreaction.

Middle English overriden, from Old English oferridan "to ride across, ride through or over," from ofer "over" (see over) + ridan "to ride" (see ride (v.)). Originally literal, of cavalry, etc. Figurative meaning "to set aside arrogantly" is by 1827, from the notion of "to trample down," hence "supersede." The mechanical sense "to suspend automatic operation" is attested from 1946. As a noun in the sense "act or process of suspending automatic operation," from 1946. Related: Overrode; overriding; overridden.

And þanne þeze Frenschmen come prikkyng doun as þei wolde haue ouyr-rydyn alle oure meyne; but God and our archers made hem sone to stomble. [Layamon, from the description of the Battle of Agincourt in "The Brut, or The Chronicles of England"] 

also over-ripe, "too ripe, more than ripe," 1670s, from over- + ripe (adj.). Related: Overripen; overripening.

also over-rule, "rule against; set aside, as by a higher authority," 1590s, from over- + rule (v.). It was used earlier in a sense "to govern, control, have sway over" (1570s). Related: Overruled; overruling.

also over-run, Middle English overrennen, from Old English oferyrnan "to run across, pass over;" see over- + run (v.). Meaning "continue beyond a specified time" is from early 14c. Meaning "to ravage (a land), maraud, plunder" is by mid-14c. Of weeds, etc., "to grow over, cover all over," by 1660s. The noun meaning "excess expenditure over budget" is from 1956. Related: Overran; overrunning.

1580s, "foreign, from beyond the sea," from earlier oversea "transmarine, of or pertaining to movement over the sea," 1550, from over- + sea. The adverb, "across or beyond the sea," is attested from 1580s, from earlier adverb oversea (late Old English). As an adjective, 1892 in English; earlier oversea, "of or pertaining to movement over the sea"(1749). Popularized during World War I as a British euphemism for "colonial." As a noun, "foreign parts," by 1919.

Old English oferseon "to look down upon, keep watch over, survey, observe;" see over- + see (v.). Meaning "to supervise to superintend" is attested from mid-15c. The verb lacks the double sense of similar overlook, but it sometimes had it and this survives in the noun form oversight.  Compare German übersehen, Dutch overzien. Related: Oversaw; overseen.

late 14c., "supervisor, superintendent, one who looks over," agent noun from oversee (v.). Specifically, "one who superintends workmen;" especially with reference to slavery, "one who has charge, under the owner or manager, of the work done on a plantation."