overgive

Betekenis

1. To give too lavishly.
2. (obsolete) To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
3. (obsolete) To give up, terminate.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əʊvəˈɡɪv/

Etimologie

From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).