overween

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overwēnen (“to be presumptuous, be over-confident; presume”), from Old English oferwennan and oferwenian (“to be proud, become insolent, or presumptuous”), equivalent to over- +‎ ween. === Verb === overween (third-person singular simple present overweens, present participle overweening, simple past and past participle overweened) (ergative) To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself). To make or render arrogant and overweening. (proscribed) To overwhelm. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “overween”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.