overmeasure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overmeasure
Example Sentences
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Society returns him good for evil in the most extravagant overmeasure.
From Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara by Shaw, Bernard
What ails us to fear overmeasure, To praise thee with timorous breath, O mistress and mother of pleasure, The one thing as certain as death?
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Her heavy looks were often turned toward the hermitage-mountain; at evening she herself visited it, and brought to the sleeper the last offering which friendship has then to give, in overmeasure.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
If any one thinks this is overmeasure of praise, let him look at the "Letter H" school, now become a type, and see what he thinks of it.
From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
How can you preach fasting, you, who wish to deluge me with such an overmeasure of sorrow?
From Invisible Links by Lagerlöf, Selma
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