overlead
overlead verb: to lead excessively or too much.
Verb
overlead (third-person singular simple present overleads, present participle overleading, simple past and past participle overled)
- To lead excessively or too much.
- If you overlead this question with too binding absoluteness requirements I am afraid that a satisfactory and not dogmatic answer will be rather difficult to find.1981, Evandro Agazzi, Modern logic
- To dominate; domineer over; oppress.
- I believe it well, false recreant knight, said Sir Gawaine, for thou hast many long days overled me, and us all, and destroyed many of our good knights.1891, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte D'arthur
- To affront; treat with indignity.
Forms of overlead
| third-person singular present | overleads |
|---|---|
| present participle | overleading |
| past participle | overled |
| past | overled |
Origin of overlead
From Middle English overleden, from Old English oferlǣdan (“to oppress, translate”), equivalent to over- + lead.
Questions about overlead
- What does overlead mean?
- Overlead means to lead excessively or too much.
- What part of speech is overlead?
- Overlead is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overlead?
- The past tense of overlead is overled.
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