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overbide

overbide verb: to outlive; survive.

Verb

overbide (third-person singular simple present overbides, present participle overbiding, simple past overbode or overbid or overbided, past participle overbidden or overbided)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To outlive; survive.

Forms of overbide

third-person singular presentoverbides
present participleoverbiding
pastoverbode
pastoverbid
pastoverbided
past participleoverbidden
past participleoverbided

Origin of overbide

From Middle English overbiden, from Old English oferbīdan (“to outlast, outlive”), equivalent to over- + bide.

Questions about overbide

What does overbide mean?
Overbide means to outlive; survive.
What part of speech is overbide?
Overbide is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbide?
The past tense of overbide is overbode.

Words near overbide in the dictionary

  1. overbidden
  2. overbidder
  3. overbidders
  4. overbidding
  5. overbiddings
  6. overbide
  7. overbided
  8. overbides
  9. overbiding
  10. overbids
  11. overbig

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