Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To cause to linger; to detain too long.

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  • verb To linger or remain for too long.
  • verb obsolete To cause to linger; to detain too long.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ linger

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Examples

  • If you overlinger in our lines but one minute you are no longer an envoy: you are an enemy and a spy and shall swing for it. "

    The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel 1898

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