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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Overstand

· O·ver·stand · IPA
01 v. t. To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.
  1. 1.
    To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.[Obs.]
    “What madman would o'erstand his market twice?” Dryden.