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Meaning of overgive | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

əʊvəˈɡɪv

Definitions

To give too lavishly.
ambitransitive
To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
obsolete, transitive
To give up, terminate.
obsolete, transitive

Equivalents

Polski naddać naddawać

Українська передавати передати

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

overgives overgiving overglamorize overglamorized overglamorizes overglamorizing

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