Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give over or surrender.
- To surpass in giving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To give over; to surrender; to yield.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie ("to relinquish, resign"), Dutch overgeven ("to surrender"), German übergeben ("to hand over, surrender"), Danish overgive ("to surrender").
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Examples
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We all choose to overspend, overgive, overeat, overimbibe, and worst of all: overworry.
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