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Webster 1913 Edition
Overweening
Oˊver-ween′ing
,Adj.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
– Oˊver-ween′ingly
, adv.
Milton.
– Oˊver-ween′ing-ness
, Noun.
The conceits of warmed or
overweening
brain. Locke.
Here’s an
overweening
rogue. Shakespeare
Oˊver-ween′ing
,Noun.
Conceit; arrogance.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overweening
OVERWEE'NING
,ppr.
1.
Thinking too highly or conceitedly.2.
a. That thinks too highly, particularly of one's self; conceited; vain; as overweening pride; an overweening brain.