Overgive

//əʊvəˈɡɪv// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give too lavishly. ambitransitive
  2. 2
    To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. obsolete, transitive

    "For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government."

  3. 3
    To give up, terminate. obsolete, transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
surrender

Example

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"For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

give overgive up

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