Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A surname; a nick-name.
  • To name over; name one after another.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To name over or in a series; to recount.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To name over or in a series; to recount.

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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

over- +‎ name

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