different between overbow vs oversow

English

Etymology

over- +? bow

Verb

overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed)

1. (obsolete) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     the best way to straighten what is crooked, is to over-bow it

English

Etymology

From Old English ofers?wan, from ofer- + s?wan. Equivalent to over- +? sow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???v??s??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?v??so?/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

oversow (third-person singular simple present oversows, present participle oversowing, simple past oversowed, past participle oversown or oversowed)

1. To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
   • 1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:25:

     But vvhen men vvere a ?leepe, his enemy came and ouer?ovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.
2. To sow too much seed upon.

References

• oversow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.