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Word of the day
for
April 29
overreach
v
(
transitive
,
intransitive
)
To
reach
above
or
beyond
, especially to an
excessive
degree
.
(
transitive
,
property law
)
To
defeat
or
override
a
person
's
interest
in
property
;
(
British
,
specifically
)
of a
holder
of the
legal
title
of
real property
: by
mortgaging
or
selling
the legal title to a
third party
, to
cause
another person's
equitable
right
in the property to be
dissolved
and to be
replaced
by an equitable right in the
money
received
from the third party.
(
transitive
,
intransitive
,
figuratively
)
To do something beyond an
appropriate
limit
, or beyond one's
ability
.
(
transitive
,
intransitive
,
reflexive
,
equestrianism
)
Of a
horse
: to
strike
the
heel
of a
forefoot
with the
toe
of a
hindfoot
.
(
transitive
,
intransitive
,
rare
)
To
deceive
, to
swindle
.
(
intransitive
,
nautical
)
To
sail
on one
tack
farther than is
necessary
.
(
transitive
,
archaic
)
To
get the better of
, especially by
artifice
or
cunning
; to
outwit
.
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