Definitions
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- To overcast.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
overcast .
Etymologies
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From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban ("to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect"), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *hafjanan (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.
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