Home › Words › O › overlistenoverlistenoverlisten · verb — to overhear or eavesdrop.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom over- + listen.verbTo overhear or eavesdrop.e.g.“You overlistened and heard me read the crystal, so to-night you know the King has commanded me to interpret the story.” — 1920, Virginia Sheard, The Golden Apple Tree, New York, N.Y.: The James A. McCann Company, page 207:To listen (to something) excessively.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).