O`ver*shoot" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]
1.
To shoot over or beyond.
"Not to
overshoot his game."
South.
2.
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
Hartle.
3.
To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.
Cowper.
To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
© Webster 1913.
O`ver*shoot", v. i.
To fly beyond the mark.
Collier.
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