overgive
UK/əʊvəˈɡɪv/
overgive verb: to give too lavishly.
Verb
overgive (third-person singular simple present overgives, present participle overgiving, simple past overgave, past participle overgiven)
- To give too lavishly.
- To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
- For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- To give up, terminate.
overgive meaning in Bengali
overgive in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত মুক্তহস্তে দান করা, অর্পণ করা, হস্তান্তর করা, আত্মসমর্পণ করা, পরিত্যাগ করা, ত্যাগ করা
Forms of overgive
| third-person singular present | overgives |
|---|---|
| present participle | overgiving |
| past | overgave |
| past participle | overgiven |
Origin of overgive
From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).
Questions about overgive
- What does overgive mean?
- Overgive means to give too lavishly.
- What is overgive in Bengali?
- Overgive in Bengali is অত্যন্ত মুক্তহস্তে দান করা, অর্পণ করা, হস্তান্তর করা. See Overgive meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is overgive?
- Overgive is a verb.
- How do you pronounce overgive?
- Overgive is pronounced /əʊvəˈɡɪv/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of overgive?
- The past tense of overgive is overgave.
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