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Meaning of OVERSTAND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`ver*stand"\, v. t.
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale;
to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.]
      What madman would o'erstand his market twice ?
                                               --Dryden.
 
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