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overspring

Today it means: To rise above, or spring or leap over. Full definition →

Middle English overspringen

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Middle English · inherited fromoverspringen
English todayoverspring

From Middle English overspringen, equivalent to over- + spring. Compare Dutch overspringen, German überspringen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.