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OVERVALUE
overvalue, overestimate
(verb) assign too high a value to; “You are overestimating the value of your old car”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overvalue (third-person singular simple present overvalues, present participle overvaluing, simple past and past participle overvalued)
To assign an excessive value to something.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*val"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overvalued; p. pr. & vb. n. Overvaluing.]
1. To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power." Holyday.
2. To exceed in value. [R.] H. Brooke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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