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overthink

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Definition of overthink

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic)To think about; think over
    “But when I dred that wou'd not work, I overthought me of a Wile How I might at my leisure lurk, My graceless Guardain to beguile.”
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verb

  1. (archaic)To think about; think over
    “But when I dred that wou'd not work, I overthought me of a Wile How I might at my leisure lurk, My graceless Guardain to beguile.”
  2. To think or analyze too much.
    “Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.”
  3. (rare)To think too highly (of); overestimate
    “So to think of self as not to overthink — to think of yourself with sober, moral judgment.”

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Etymology

From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.

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