overmeasure

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ measure.

Verb

overmeasure (third-person singular simple present overmeasures, present participle overmeasuring, simple past and past participle overmeasured)

1. To measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.

Noun

overmeasure (countable and uncountable, plural overmeasures)

1. Excessive measure; surplus.

References

• “overmeasure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.