overstand

verb

Etymology

From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan (“to stand over”), equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with Dutch overstaan (“to stand over”), German überstehen (“to stand through, survive”).

inherited from oferstandan — “to stand over”
inherited from overstonden

Definitions

1
To stand or insist too much or too long
To stand or insist too much or too long; overstay.
- But they that overstand the day of grace, shall not obtain to cool their tongues so much of this water as will hang on the tip of one's finger.
To stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the…
To sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
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1. To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
2. The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body…
  The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
3. 6
  To have complete or intuitive comprehension of
  To have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully.
  - "But, Sister, it look like you neither overstand or understand"
  - "I need you to overstand this the way I overstand this. Notice how I didn't say understand, because I need you to more than understand—I need you to overstand."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA