overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overholden or overheld)
(transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
(transitive) To hold over; keep.
overhold (plural overholds)
The act or process of holding over.
• hold over, holdover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*hold", v. t.
Definition: To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
