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overheave

overheave verb: to overcast.

Verb

overheave (third-person singular simple present overheaves, present participle overheaving, simple past overhove or overheaved, past participle overhoven or overheaved)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To overcast.

Forms of overheave

third-person singular presentoverheaves
present participleoverheaving
pastoverhove
pastoverheaved
past participleoverhoven
past participleoverheaved

Origin of overheave

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

Questions about overheave

What does overheave mean?
Overheave means to overcast.
What part of speech is overheave?
Overheave is a verb.
What is the past tense of overheave?
The past tense of overheave is overhove.

Words near overheave in the dictionary

  1. overheater
  2. overheaters
  3. overheating
  4. overheatings
  5. overheats
  6. overheave
  7. overheaves
  8. overheavily
  9. overheaviness
  10. overheavy
  11. overhedging

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