Meaning of over-value | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [B2]

Examples

“The people were more than prompt in their response, but they over-valued the raw troops which then swarmed to Washington. They believed that because the men felt like⟳ fighting, that they knew how to do it.”

“Indeed, an underlying theme in those legends is that Hette is an outstanding individual because she over-values certain ideals that those around her under-value: she over-values virginity, whereas her elder sister under-values it to the point⟳ of marrying (eloping?) a man other than the one her father had designated for her as a husband. Hette over-values marital fidelity, in direct⟳ contrast to the behaviour of her own⟳ husband. She over-values vegetarianism, in contrast with the meat-eating stepson, Batrabala.”

“Many people at the time of publication were so happy to believe⟳ that [Evelyn] Waugh had returned to his old ways with The Loved One that they over-valued the book. It is a fine comic novel with a truly Wavian subject, but no masterpiece.”

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