different between overslow vs oversow

English

Etymology

over- +? slow

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?(?)?sl??/

Adjective

overslow (comparative more overslow, superlative most overslow)

1. Too slow.

Verb

overslow (third-person singular simple present overslows, present participle overslowing, simple past and past participle overslowed)

1. To render slow; to check; to curb.
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon

     over?low this furious driver

References

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

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.