Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to linger; to detain too long.
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- verb To
linger or remain for too long. - verb obsolete To cause to linger; to
detain too long.
Etymologies
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over- + linger
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Examples
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If you overlinger in our lines but one minute you are no longer an envoy: you are an enemy and a spy and shall swing for it. "
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