soverchiare

Meaning

  1. (literary, transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to go beyond (a wall, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to surpass
  3. (transitive) to overwhelm, to overpower
  4. (archaic, intransitive, literary) to jut outward
  5. (archaic, intransitive, literary) to abound, to be more than enough

Synonyms

Etymology

From soverchio (“excessive”) + -are (verb suffix). Compare Sicilian supirchiari.

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