different between uphold vs overhold

English

Etymology

From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- +? hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?hold/

Verb

uphold (third-person singular simple present upholds, present participle upholding, simple past upheld, past participle upheld or (archaic) upholden)

1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
3. To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18:

     but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.

Derived terms

• upholdatory (rare, obsolete, nonce word)

Translations

References

• uphold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

Anagrams

• hold up, hold-up, holdup

English

Etymology

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldan? (“to hold”), equivalent to over- +? hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).

Verb

overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)

1. (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
   • 1854, REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND EVIDENCE:

     That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […]

2. (transitive) To hold over; keep.

Derived terms

• overholding

Noun

overhold (plural overholds)

1. The act or process of holding over.
   • 2002, Walter H. Posner, The Leasing Process: A Guide for the Commercial Tenant:

     Overholding clauses serve the purpose of contractually regulating the terms and conditions of an overhold.

Anagrams

• hold over, holdover

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

overhold

1. imperative of overholde