Overrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Overrating}.]
     To rate or value too highly; to overestimate.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Overrate \O"ver*rate`\, n.
     An excessive rate. [R.] --Massinger.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overrate
       v : make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own
           powers" [syn: {overestimate}] [ant: {underestimate}]