overpart

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ part.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pɑː(ɹ)t/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɑː(ɹ)t/

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Noun

overpart (plural overparts)

1. An upper part.

   Antonym: underpart

Verb

overpart (third-person singular simple present overparts, present participle overparting, simple past and past participle overparted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give too important or difficult a part to.
   • 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     almost tir'd i' your Protectorship? overparted, overparted?

References

• “overpart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• overtrap