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Webster 1828 Edition


Overreaching

OVERRE'ACHING

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Noun.
The act of deceiving; a reaching too far.

Definition 2024


overreaching

overreaching

English

Verb

overreaching

  1. present participle of overreach

Noun

overreaching (plural overreachings)

  1. deception
    • 1786, James Archer, Sermons on Various Moral and Religious Subjects
      You cannot mention trade or business, for instance, but they will relate the frauds and overreachings by which such an one has acquired the wealth which he now possesses.