different between overhit vs oversit

English

Etymology

over- +? hit

Verb

overhit (third-person singular simple present overhits, present participle overhitting, simple past and past participle overhit)

1. To hit too far or too hard.

   The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker.

English

Etymology

From Middle English oversitten (“to gain possession of”), from Old English ofersittan (“to occupy, possess; forbear”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *sitjan? (“to sit”), corresponding to over- +? sit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?(?)?s?t/

Verb

oversit (third-person singular simple present oversits, present participle oversitting, simple past and past participle oversat)

1. To preside over, govern, rule; to control
2. To conquer, gain control or owndom of
3. To grasp, comprehend; to understand
4. (archaic) To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear
5. (archaic) To overstay, outstay, overlinger
6. (slang, humorous) To be misunderstood; to misread, misunderstand

Related terms

• overset

Anagrams

• Restivo, Treviso, torsive, treviso