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overbattle

overbattle adjective: too fertile; too rich.

Adjective

overbattle (comparative more overbattle, superlative most overbattle)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Too fertile; too rich.
    • For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker.

Forms of overbattle

comparativemore overbattle
superlativemost overbattle
alternative formover-battle
alternative formover battle

Origin of overbattle

From over- + battle (“fertile, fruitful”). More at over-, battle.

Questions about overbattle

What does overbattle mean?
Overbattle means too fertile; too rich.
What part of speech is overbattle?
Overbattle is an adjective.

Words near overbattle in the dictionary

  1. overbathe
  2. overbathed
  3. overbathes
  4. overbathing
  5. overbattered
  6. overbattle
  7. Overbay
  8. Overbays
  9. overbeaming
  10. overbear
  11. overbearance

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