What is to stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall called?
overstay — To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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