Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or fact of treading over; a trampling upon.
- To step over; step beyond; trample on; crush.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tread over or upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
tread over or upon.
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon oferiredan.
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Examples
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I mean, I did a Cinderella retelling I'm damn proud of a couple of days ago, and that's got to be one of the worst fairy tales for overtread territory.
Orphan's Thoughts yuki_onna 2006
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Not for a long time has anybody been rash enough to break the pact and overtread the bounds. "
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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