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oversit
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)
- To preside over, govern, rule; to control
- To conquer, gain control or owndom of
- To grasp, comprehend; to understand
- (archaic) To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear
- (archaic) To overstay, outstay, overlinger
- (slang, humorous) To be misunderstood; to misread, misunderstand
Related terms
- overset
Anagrams
- Restivo, Treviso, torsive, treviso
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overwit
English
Etymology
over- +? wit
Verb
overwit (third-person singular simple present overwits, present participle overwitting, simple past and past participle overwitted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To outwit.
- c. 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Answer to Paulus, an Epigram
- He knows no guilt, who knows no sin.
?Yet well they merit to be pitied,
By clients always overwitted.
- He knows no guilt, who knows no sin.
- c. 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Answer to Paulus, an Epigram
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