Definitions
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- adv. Too soon; prematurely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. Too soon.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Too soon.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + soon
Examples
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And cut that short which threatens thee with sore risk oversoon:
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Alan did not mean to be oversoon in going back to Four Winds, but three days later a book came to him which Captain Anthony had expressed a wish to see.
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I counsel thee, from soul cast out the wish that dwells therein, * And cut that short which threatens thee with sore risk oversoon:
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This troubles me to think I should be so oversoon.
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Rinieri hearing himself called, praised God, taking it oversoon for granted that he was to be presently admitted, and coming up to the door, said,
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A little more and you would have found your Lethe oversoon, old friend. "
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I told him twas barely decent in a old man to come so oversoon; but words be wind. "
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