overread
Meanings
verb
- To read over, or peruse.
- To interpret something to a greater degree, or in a more positive way, than appropriate; read in too much depth; overinterpret; overanalyze.
- To read too much or excessively.
adj
- Having read too much.
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Etymology
From Middle English overreden, from Old English oferrǣdan (“to read over; read through; consider”), equivalent to over- + read.
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