OVERREACHED

Verb

overreached

simple past tense and past participle of overreach

Source: Wiktionary


OVERREACH

O`ver*reach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached, (Overraught (, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.

2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

O`ver*reach", v. i.

1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.

2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

O"ver*reach`, n.

Definition: The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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