Definition of "overgreat" [o•ver•great]

• Excessively great. (adjective)

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• "For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat."
• "In practical use this overgreat sensibility proves to be a fault."
• "A vague sadness touches his mood, and this pensive moment goes far toward gaining back to him the sympathy which his overgreat sturdiness in dealing death had perhaps forfeited."