overrate

[ oh-ver-reyt ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈreɪt /

to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.

Origin of overrate

First recorded in 1580–90; over- + rate¹

overpraise, overesteem, magnify.

"Perhaps you overrate your find, mademoiselle," he suggested, but with unconcealed interest.

Mlle. Fouchette |Charles Theodore Murray
This is an enormous advantage, the value of which it is hardly possible to overrate.

Household Administration |Various
But although we must do full justice to the force of suggestion, we must not overrate it.

Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology |C. G. Jung
In one department of learning, indeed, his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate.

Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) |Thomas Babington Macaulay

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them: and to please an audience, as a speaker, one must not overvalue it.

The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son |The Earl of Chesterfield

overrate

/ (ˌəʊvəˈreɪt) /

(tr) to assess too highly