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overholds

overholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhold.

overholds is the plural of overhold.

Meaning of overhold

Verb

overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)

  1. (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
    • if he overhold his price so muchc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (transitive) To hold over; keep.

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Questions about overholds

What is overholds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overholds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhold.

Words near overholds in the dictionary

  1. overhit
  2. overhits
  3. overhitting
  4. overhold
  5. overholding
  6. overholds
  7. overhollow
  8. overhollowed
  9. overhollowing
  10. overhollows
  11. overholy

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