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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERDRESS', v.t. To dress to excess; to adorn too much.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot" [syn: overdress, overclothe] [ant: underdress]
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out] [ant: dress down, underdress]

Merriam Webster's

I. Date: 1704 transitive verb to dress or adorn to excess <felt overdressed for the occasion in his tuxedo> intransitive verb to dress oneself to excess <it's better to overdress for the party than be too casual> II. noun Date: 1812 a dress worn over another

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. dress with too much display or formality. 2 intr. overdress oneself. --n. a dress worn over another dress or a blouse etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overdress O`ver*dress", v. t. To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. --Pope.

Moby Thesaurus

bedizen, deck out, dizen, doll up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, get up, gussy up, prank, pretty up, primp, prink, rag out, slick up, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up