Meanings
present singular third person oversows · participle present oversowing · past oversowed · participle past oversown · participle past oversowed
- To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
But vvhen men vvere a ſleepe, his enemy came and ouerſovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.
1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:252 more examples
The which contrary corrupt seede of false doctrine we right well know came of the sayd aduersary, because it was long after ouersowen[…]
1565, William Fulke, William Allen, chapter XIII, in Two Treatises Written against the Papistes, page 409[…] it is possible to oversow the area with improved forages. […] Vigorous species must be used to oversow the area […]
1996, C. P. Peacock, Improving Goat Production in the Tropics, →ISBN, page 115Synonyms: overseed
- To sow too much seed upon.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
Origin
- Old Englishofersāwan
- Englishoversow
From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.
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