Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To hear again. --Shak. [1913 Webster]