overprize

Etymology
From. See.

Verb

 * 1)  To prize excessively; to overvalue.
 * 2) * 1777,, A Tract on the Law of Nature, and Principles of Action in Man, London: B. White and E. & C. Dilly, p. 120, note 42,
 * A Man apt to over-prize himself, and jealous withal of contempt, of wrong, or of gross abuse, is not so easily appeased with streams of blood, as a calm and gentle spirit is with an ingenuous acknowledgment of wrongs done, or with a courteous answer for wrongs suspected.
 * 1) * 1983,, On Becoming a Novelist, Open Road Media, 2010, Part II,
 * Another reason workshops become “workshoppy” is that often teachers slide unconsciously into overprizing the kind of narrative writing that teaches well, undervaluing and even dismissing work that does not.
 * 1) * 1983,, On Becoming a Novelist, Open Road Media, 2010, Part II,
 * Another reason workshops become “workshoppy” is that often teachers slide unconsciously into overprizing the kind of narrative writing that teaches well, undervaluing and even dismissing work that does not.