To assign an excessive value to something.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overvalue

simple past tense and past participle of overvalue

plural of overvaluation

An instance of overvaluing.

present participle of overvalue

An overvaluation.

plural of overvaluing

Excessively valuable.

(psychiatry) A false or exaggerated and sustained belief that is maintained with much less than delusional intensity (i.e., the individual is able to acknowledge the possibility that the ideas may not be true). The belief is accompanied by a strong emotional response, that take priority over all other mental activity.