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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1645-1680

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Over-think, v. P.t. -thought. [e.m.E. overthynke to think over. consider (Caxton), over-think to over-estimate (a 1618).] a. tr. To think too highly of, over-estimate. b. To overthink oneself of, to think of, after pondering. —1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith 398.
You may over-think and over-praise paradise
1680 Sempill P. 57/146.
I overthought me of a wyle … My graceless guardian to beguile

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