Overheave

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To overcast. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

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