Meanings
verbovercrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)
present singular third person overcrows · participle present overcrowing · participle past overcrowed · past overcrowed
- obsoletetransitiveTo take over.
The potent poison quite overcrows my spirit
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishcrow
- Englishovercrow
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