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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Over

+ L.

plus

more. See

, and cf.

That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus.

Shak.

“The overplus of a great fortune.”

Addison.

Noun.

[over and L. plus, more.]

Surplus; that which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed. Take what is wanted and return the overplus.

It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune.