"overwait" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1915, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, The Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute:",
          "text": "I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.",
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          "text": "I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing.",
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        "To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long."
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        "(transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long."
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      "ipa": "/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/",
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      "enpr": "ō'vər-wātʹ",
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      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvəweɪt/",
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      "enpr": "ōʹvər-wāt",
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      "ipa": "/ˈoʊvɚweɪt/",
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        "US"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
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  ],
  "word": "overwait"
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  "etymology_text": "From over- + wait.",
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          "text": "But they have objected that this word oppresse is incertain; for he may be oppressed with overwait, or hunger and cold.",
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        "The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay."
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      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/",
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        "To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long."
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        "(transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long."
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      "enpr": "ō'vər-wātʹ",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvəweɪt/",
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      "enpr": "ōʹvər-wāt",
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  "word": "overwait"
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        "The period of time one overwaits; an excessive duration of waiting; delay."
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