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  1. preposition In or at a position above or higher than: a sign over the door; a hawk gliding over the hills.
  2. preposition Above and across from one end or side to the other: a jump over the fence.
  3. preposition To the other side of; across: strolled over the bridge.
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  • So everything seems fine, except the mage who brought her over is also the Dean of the college, he's the arch enemy of one of her new friends, and he has a nasty fate in mind for Allie. —  F ;SF - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
  • On October 13 the President wrote to McClellan a letter, so admirable both in temper and in the soundness of its suggestions that it should be given entire MY DEAR SIR,—You remember my speaking to you of what I called your over-cautiousness. —  Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II
  • "As we increase the troop presence there, we will have to look at which areas will you secure, which areas will you convoy through and which areas will you have to jump over -- in other words, go by vertical lift," he said in House Armed Services Committee testimony. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • "It's definitely an adjustment coming over from the Swedish Elite League in mid-season, especially the situation we're in with the playoff run," Morrison added. —  Stars Top Stories
  • MUW President Claudia Limbert has been campaigning for a new name over the past year, but some alumni and current students steadfastly oppose the effort, saying it goes against the —  SunHerald.com: Featured Story
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  1. Middle English, from Old English ofer; see uper in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also, in poetical or dial. use, contr. o'er, formerly written ore; from Middle English over, ower, our, from Anglo-Saxon ofer = Old Saxon obhar = OFries. over = Dutch over = Middle Low German over = Old High German ubar, Middle High German G. über = Icelandic ofr, yfir = Swedish öfver = Danish over = Gothic (Moesogothic) ufar, over, = Latin super (where the s- is supposed to be the relic of a prefixed element not found in the other forms) = Greek ὑπέρ, ὑπείρ, over, = Sanskrit upari, above; as adjective, Anglo-Saxon yfera = Latin superus = Sanskrit upara, upper; comparative of the preposition or adverb, Anglo-Saxon *uf, in ufeweard, upper, bufan, ābufan, above, etc. (see above), = Old High German oba, opa, obe, Middle High German obe, ob, German oben, above, = Icelandic of, over, for, = Gothic (Moesogothic) uf, under, = Latin sub, under, = Greek ὑπό, under, = Sanskrit upa, near, on, under, etc. From this source, of Anglo-Saxon origin, are over and above; of Latin origin, super-, sub-; of Greek origin, hyper- and hypo-, etc.
  2. from over, adv.
  3. from over, adv. In the intransitive use elliptical, a verb go or come, etc., being understood.
 

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