Definition: overdress

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

overdress
     v 1: dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she
          will be too hot." [syn: overclothe]
     2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
        attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to
        the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the
        party" [syn: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy
        up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink,
         attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out] [ant:
         dress down]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Overdress \O`ver*dress"\, v. t.
   To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. --Pope.