overread/əʊvəˈɹiːd/EtymologyFrom Middle English overreden, from Old English oferrǣdan (“to read over; read through; consider”), equivalent to over- + read.adjHaving read too much.verbTo read over, or peruse.“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 […].”To interpret something to a greater degree, or in a more positive way, than appropriate; read in too much depth; overinterpret; overanalyze.“To overread Plath's houses is to transform these biographical documents into spatial ones.”To read too much or excessively.