ˌover-ˈknow, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To know or recognize too much.
| 1639 Fuller Holy War iii. xiv. (1840) 140 His humility was admirable; as being neither ignorant of his greatness, nor over-knowing it. |
So ˈover-ˈknowing ppl. a., too knowing.
| a 1656 Bp. Hall Gt. Imposter (R.) The heart of man is wholly set upon cozenage; the understanding over-knowing, mis-knowing, dissembling. |