overclimb

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verb

To climb over.

OriginMiddle English overclimben ← Old English oferclimban →
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Meanings

verboverclimb (third-person singular simple present overclimbs, present participle overclimbing, simple past and past participle overclimbed)

present singular third person overclimbs · participle present overclimbing · participle past overclimbed · past overclimbed

  1. To climb over.

    This fatal gin thus overclamb our walls

    1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC
  2. To climb excessively

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
overspring

Origin

  1. Old Englishoferclimban
  2. Middle Englishoverclimben
  3. Englishoverclimb

From Middle English overclimben, from Old English oferclimban, equivalent to over- + climb.

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APA

overclimb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclimb

MLA

“overclimb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclimb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overclimb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclimb.

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