▪ I. ˈover-ˈwarm, a.
[over- 28.]
Too warm. So ˈover-ˈwarmth, too great warmth.
| 1713 Addison Cato i. vi, Marcus is over-warm. 1822 Byron Juan vi. xv, A sincere woman's breast,—for over-warm Or over-cold annihilates the charm. Ibid. xvi, For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth. |
▪ II. ˌover-ˈwarm, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To warm too much.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. Furies 352 Manie and Phrenzie..th'one drying, th'other over-warming The feeble brain. a 1633 Austin Medit. (1635) 291 There shall no Sunne nor Weather overwarme him. 1650 Trapp Comm. Lev. x. 1 Over-joied haply of their new emploiment, and over-warmed with wine. |