English Explanatory Dictionary

overnim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To overtake; seize.

Word forms

overnim overnims overnimming overnam overnimmed overnum

Etymology

From Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman (“to take violently, take away, carry off, confiscate”), equivalent to over- + nim (“to take”). Cognate with Dutch overnemen (“to take over”), German übernehmen (“to take over”).

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