OVERGIVE

Etymology

Verb

overgive (third-person singular simple present overgives, present participle overgiving, simple past overgave, past participle overgiven)

(ambitransitive) To give too lavishly.

(obsolete, transitive) To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete, transitive) To give up, terminate. [16th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• give over, vegivore

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*give", v. t.

Definition: To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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