In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
overseed (third-person singular simple present overseeds, present participle overseeding, simple past and past participle overseeded)
To replenish (a lawn, etc.) by adding more seeds.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*see", v. t. [imp. Oversaw; p. p. Overseen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.] Etym: [AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. Spenser.
O`ver*see", v. i.
Definition: To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.