overhie

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UK/əʊvəˈhʌɪ/

verb

To overtake; to catch up with.

First used 15th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verboverhie (third-person singular simple present overhies, present participle overhying, simple past and past participle overhied)

present singular third person overhies · participle present overhying · participle past overhied · past overhied

  1. ScotlandTo overtake; to catch up with.First known use 15th c.

    I disencumbered myself by main force, and fled, but he overhied me, knocked me down, and threatened, with dreadful oaths, to throw me from the cliff.

    1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Origin

From over- + hie.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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