Overbattle

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Too fertile; too rich. dialectal, obsolete

    "For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker."

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"For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker."

Etymology

From over- + battle (“fertile, fruitful”). More at over-, battle.

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