Meaning of overlisten | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To overhear or eavesdrop.
   ambitransitive, rare
2. To listen (to something) excessively.
   rare

Examples

“You overlistened and heard me read⟳ the crystal, so to-night you know⟳ the King has commanded me to interpret⟳ the story.”

“"I told you it is not logical." Hannah paced the floor. "But it's true. Before, I listened to Neil and the officers without any feelings of eavesdropping. But now I feel⟳ as if my ears were as big as saucers when I overlisten the most trivial snatches of conversation."”

“Never mind⟳ that I had no right to do so—that at such an hour, and in such a place⟳, this must be a private conversation. I did not hesitate to overlisten it.”

“Having a person across the way who insisted, for the better part of September and October, on playing the new disc for at least three hours a day make⟳ one wonder⟳ how long it will take⟳ "rock's newest superstar" to become⟳ as overlistened to as the Beach Boys, Dave Mason, and the Eagles.”

“As the last⟳ heirs of the German humanities, these scholars saw⟳ their legacy disappearing in the solecisms of Nazi Deutsch. Here is why they may have⟳ overlistened and overreacted to American kitsch. What had already happened in Germany must not take⟳ place⟳ again.”

“Several years ago, in a misguided effort to reclaim closet space, I threw out all my CDs. Yes, all of them. I figured I'd uploaded most to my computer, and the rest⟳ I'd overlistened to anyway.”

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