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overhied

overhied is the simple past and past participle of overhie.

Meaning of overhie

Verb

overhie (third-person singular simple present overhies, present participle overhying, simple past and past participle overhied)

  1. (Scotland) To overtake; to catch up with.
    • I disencumbered myself by main force, and fled, but he overhied me, knocked me down, and threatened, with dreadful oaths, to throw me from the cliff.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Questions about overhied

What is overhied the simple past and past participle of?
Overhied is the simple past and past participle of overhie.

Words near overhied in the dictionary

  1. overhends
  2. overhent
  3. overhenting
  4. overhents
  5. overhie
  6. overhied
  7. overhigh
  8. overhighly
  9. overhip
  10. overhire
  11. overhired

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