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/ˈoʊvərvˌælju/ Listen

verb

Overvalue v. t. (past & past part. overvalued; pres. part. overvaluing)

To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power."

To exceed in value. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Overvalue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the originals, but he seldom indulged in a quotation. Byron as a poet, and Locke as a logician he commended to me—the latter, Locke on the Human Understanding, with great earnestness. Under his advice I read it carefully, and for mental training he did not overvalue it. Farley commenced the practice of his profession at New Ipswich, N. H., and that town elected him once or twice to the Legislature of the State. Wishing for a wider field, he came to Groton. It was a day of small fees, and a good deal of the litigation ...

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