overgive
Meaning
- To give too lavishly.
- (obsolete) To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
- (obsolete) To give up, terminate.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əʊvəˈɡɪv/
Etymology
From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).
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