Definition of excess

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Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

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Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Crowd :: Crowd (v. t.) To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity..
Overscented :: Overscented (a.) Scented excessively.
Overplease :: Overplease (v. t.) To please excessively.
Sot :: Sot (n.) A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.
Sudarium :: Sudamina (n. pl) Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating..
Bromism :: Bromism (n.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.
Intemperate :: Intemperate (a.) Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather..
Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..
Wegotism :: Wegotism (n.) Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
Corpulency :: Corpulency (n.) Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.
Antichlor :: Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
Superpurgation :: Superproportion (n.) Overplus or excess of proportion.
Passing :: Passing (adv.) Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange..
Audaciously :: Audaciously (adv.) In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.
Hyperdicrotic :: Hyperdicrotic (a.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse..
Oversaturate :: Oversaturate (v. t.) To saturate to excess.
Overvaluation :: Overvaluation (n.) Excessive valuation; overestimate.
Oversorrow :: Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess.
Overwork :: Overwork (v. t.) To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse..
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