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OVERSTAND

\ˌə͡ʊvəstˈand], \ˌə‍ʊvəstˈand], \ˌəʊ_v_ə_s_t_ˈa_n_d]\

Definitions of OVERSTAND

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

[=o]-v[.e]r-stand', v.t. to stand too strictly on the conditions of.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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