O`ver*reach" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached (?), (Overraught (), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]
1.
To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2.
To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
Shak.
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O`ver*reach", v. i.
1.
To reach too far
; as: (a)
To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses
. (b)
Naut. To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
Shak.
2.
To cheat by cunning or deception.
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O"ver*reach` (?), n.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
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