Overween

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

  Overween \O`ver*ween"\, v. t. [AS. oferw[=e]nian. See {Over},
     and {Ween}.]
     To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own
     thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to be egotistic,
     arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to
     presume.


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           They that overween,
           And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. --Milton.
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