Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overdress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overdress \O`ver*dress"\, v. t.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overdress
v 1: dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she
will be too hot." [syn: {overclothe}]
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to
the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the
party" [syn: {dress up}, {fig out}, {fig up}, {deck up}, {gussy
up}, {fancy up}, {trick up}, {deck out}, {trick out}, {prink},
{attire}, {get up}, {rig out}, {tog up}, {tog out}] [ant:
{dress down}]
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