overprize

[oh-ver-prahyz]

verb (used with object)

overprized, overprizing 

1. to prize too highly; overvalue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overprize¹

First recorded in 1580–90; over- + prize ²

Example Sentences

Overprize, ō-vėr-prīz′, v.t. to value too highly: to surpass in value.

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Phœbus, rich father of eternal light, And in his hand a wreath of Heliochrise He brought, to beautify those tresses, Whose train, whose softness, and whose gloss more bright, Apollo's locks did overprize.

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But in laps'd nature rooted deep, Blind error domineers; And on fools' errands, in the dark, Sends out our hopes and fears; Bids us for ever pains deplore, Our pleasures overprize; These oft persuade us to be weak; Those urge us to be wise.

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See offer. overvalue, v. overrate, overestimate, overprize. overweening, a. haughty, arrogant, cavalier, supercilious, lordly, conceited. overweening, n. conceit, arrogance, superciliousness, lordliness. overweight, n. preponderance. overwhelm, v. overflow, submerge, ingulf, drown, overpower, crush. overwhelming, a. irresistible, overpowering. owing, n. indebtedness. owing, a. due, payable, unpaid; ascribable, traceable, imputable, attributable, referable; indebted. own, v. admit, acknowledge, confess, allow, concede, grant; possess.

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If it is difficult to overprize the documentary value of his saga of the Garlands and the McClintocks and of their son who turned back on the trail, so is it difficult to overpraise the sincerity and tenderness and beauty with which the chronicle was set down.

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Related Words

• exaggerate 
• magnify 
• overestimate 
• oversell 
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