Overread

/əʊvəˈɹɛd/ adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To read over, or peruse. obsolete
"Over the dore thus written she did spye, / Bee bold: she oft and oft it over-red, / Yet could not find what sence it figured […]."
2
To interpret something to a greater degree, or in a more positive way, than appropriate; read in too much depth; overinterpret; overanalyze. ambitransitive
"To overread Plath's houses is to transform these biographical documents into spatial ones."
3
To read too much or excessively.

Adjective

"Over the dore thus written she did spye, / Bee bold: she oft and oft it over-red, / Yet could not find what sence it figured […]."

From Middle English overreden, from Old English oferrǣdan (“to read over; read through; consider”), equivalent to over- + read.