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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overfall .
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Examples
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For the hundred and sixty-seven receive him in perfect silence; which some liken to that of the Roman Senate overfallen by Brennus; some to that of a nest of coiners surprised by officers of the Police.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
hernesheir commented on the word overfallen
"Help, I''m overfallen and I can't get up!"
December 16, 2011