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Webster 1913 Edition


Overtitle

Oˊver-ti′tle

,
Verb.
T.
To give too high a title to.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overtitle

OVERTI'TLE

,
Verb.
T.
To give too high a title to.

Definition 2024


overtitle

overtitle

English

Verb

overtitle (third-person singular simple present overtitles, present participle overtitling, simple past and past participle overtitled)

  1. To give too high a title to.

Noun

overtitle (plural overtitles)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) One of a set of lines displayed above a stage and manually synchronized with the speech of the actors, rather like television subtitles.