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overhale

overhale verb: to draw or haul over; overhaul.

Verb

overhale (third-person singular simple present overhales, present participle overhaling, simple past and past participle overhaled)

  1. (transitive) To draw or haul over; overhaul.
  2. (transitive) To overcome.

Forms of overhale

third-person singular presentoverhales
present participleoverhaling
past participleoverhaled
pastoverhaled

Origin of overhale

From Middle English overhalen, equivalent to over- + hale. Cognate with Dutch overhalen, Danish overhale, Swedish överhala.

Questions about overhale

What does overhale mean?
Overhale means to draw or haul over; overhaul.
What part of speech is overhale?
Overhale is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhale?
The past tense of overhale is overhaled.

Words near overhale in the dictionary

  1. overhailed
  2. overhailing
  3. overhails
  4. overhair
  5. overhairs
  6. overhale
  7. overhaled
  8. overhales
  9. overhaling
  10. overhall
  11. overhalled

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