overheave

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verb

To overcast.

OriginMiddle English overhebben ← Old English oferhebban ← Proto-Germanic *uber →
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Meanings

verboverheave (third-person singular simple present overheaves, present participle overheaving, simple past overhove or overheaved, past participle overhoven or overheaved)

present singular third person overheaves · participle present overheaving · past overhove · past overheaved · participle past overhoven · participle past overheaved

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo overcast.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*uber“over”
  2. Old Englishoferhebban“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”
  3. Middle Englishoverhebben
  4. Englishoverheave

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

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Chicago

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