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overhend

overhend verb: to overtake.

Verb

overhend (third-person singular simple present overhends, present participle overhending, simple past and past participle overhent)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To overtake.

Forms of overhend

third-person singular presentoverhends
present participleoverhending
past participleoverhent
pastoverhent

Origin of overhend

From over- + hend (“to seize, grasp”).

Questions about overhend

What does overhend mean?
Overhend means to overtake.
What part of speech is overhend?
Overhend is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhend?
The past tense of overhend is overhent.

Words near overhend in the dictionary

  1. overhelps
  2. overhemisect
  3. overhemisected
  4. overhemisecting
  5. overhemisects
  6. overhend
  7. overhending
  8. overhends
  9. overhent
  10. overhenting
  11. overhents

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