overwalking

Verb

overwalk (third-person singular simple present overwalks, present participle overwalking, simple past and past participle overwalked)

1. To walk over or upon.
   • We overwalk the bounds of time, / Yet ne'er forget our younger days, / For in the heart some soft sweet chime / Of feeling's music mutely plays; […]1857, James Smart Linwood, The Dream of Freedom and Other Poems, page 47
2. To walk past, especially without noticing.
   • It turned out that we had overwalked the bounds vaguely prescribed by our permit, and according to his statements must have scared a hundred birds, though we had seen never a one.1906, The Climbers’ Club Journal, volume 9, page 62
3. To walk excessively; to walk too far or too quickly.
   • If it please our adorable Master that I come, I will be sure not to overwalk myself , and take the best care I can not to exceed either in length, or in exertion of voice.1844, Edwin Sidney, The Life of the Rev. Rowland Hill, page 173
4. To take on too many walks, or cause to walk too far or too quickly.
   • Moreover by placing a slight load on the men the present tendency of the men to overwalk the laden mules on level ground or down hill slopes, would be reduced.1888, Minutes of Proceedings [of The] Royal Artillery Institution, page 406
5. To overtake while walking; to walk faster than
   • I accosted him with all the Distance and Regard that I thought was due to his Character; and, indeed, his Deportment and Reply was decent and genteel, he was bound for Northampton as well as myself, he told me, and, provided I would not overwalk him, would gladly embrace the Benefit of my Company.1754, Frank Hammond, The History and Adventures of Frank Hammond, page 82
6. To walk on too much.
   • Spain has the overwalked Camino plus more exciting walking in its mountain ranges, including the Pyrenees, the limestone Picos de Europa and the Sierra Nevada near Grenada, where Moorish influences are evident in the whitewashed villages.2010, Gillian Souter, Slow Journeys: The Pleasures of Travelling by Foot, page 65

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