English Explanatory Dictionary

overheave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To overcast.

Word forms

overheave overheaves overheaving overhove overheaved overhoven

Etymology

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

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