overhate

present singular third person overhates · participle present overhating · participle past overhated · past overhated

1. To hate excessively.

   The Ermine is, then of immense benefit to the farmer. We are of the opinion that it has been overhated, and too indiscriminately persecuted.

   1882, Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio - Volume 4, pages 34–35

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   From sucklings hath thy honor sprung, Thy force hath flow'd from babies tongue: Whereby thou stopp'st thine en'mies prating Bent to revenge and overhating.

   1599, Sir Philip Sidney, “Psalm VIII. Domine, Dominus”, in The Sidney Psalms

   Parsons replied, with his dry sense of humor: “I do not overeat, and I do not overhate. I keep busy, am interested in every human endeavor and enjoy life.”

   2016, Paul DeForest Hicks, John E. Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in The Gilded Age, →ISBN