OVERCROW

Etymology

Verb

overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)

(obsolete, transitive) To take over.

(obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.

Anagrams

• crow over

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*crow", v. t.

Definition: To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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