ˈover-ˈpartial, a.
[over- 28.]
Too partial; unduly partial.
| a 1586 Sidney Arcadia (1622) 109 Shee would,..clasping with him, come downe together, to be parted by the ouer⁓partiall beholders. 1668 H. More Div. Dial. i. §12 (1713) 23, I cannot but deem you an over-partial Mechanist. a 1720 Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 20 The Court was inclined before, not to be overpartial to Prince Rupert. 1895 Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 784/1 This person..was overpartial to whisky. |