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overˈgive, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. over- (in various senses) + give v. In sense 2 corresp. to OE. ofᵹifan.]
†1. trans. To give over, to expend. Obs. rare. (rendering L. superimpendĕre.)
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. xii. 15 Forsoth I moost wilfully schal ȝyue, and I my silf schal be ouerȝouun for ȝoure soulis.
†2. To give over or up, hand over, surrender.
1444Reg. Magni Sig. (1882) 63/2 Wit yhe us..till have renounsit ouregevin quyt clemyt..all richt..in or to all landis [etc.]. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 249, I am a Souldiere,..And now, constrain'd that trade to overgive, I driven am to seeke some meanes to live. 1682in Scott. Antiq. (1901) July 8, I..demitt and overgive my place of dean of facultie in the said wniversaty.
†3. intr. To give over, desist, cease. Obs.
1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvi. (1612) 175 The Hound at Losse doth ouer-giue. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 804 And never over-give Till they both dying give Man leave to live.
b. intr. To give way as frost, to thaw. dial.
a1825in Forby Voc. E. Anglia.
4. trans. To give in addition.
1622Bp. Hall Contempl. O.T. xvii. Solomon's Choice, So doth God loue a good choyce, and hee recompences it with ouer-giuing.
Hence † overˈgiving vbl. n., handing over, surrender. Obs.
1546Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 66 At the ourgeving of the said Castell it wes convenit that [etc.]. 1571in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. v. (1677) 254 The said pretended Dimission, Renunciation and Overgiving of the Crown by the Queen. |