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oversow

UK/ˌəʊvəˈsəʊ/US/ˌoʊvɚˈsoʊ/

oversow verb: to sow (seed) where something has already been sown.

Verb

oversow (third-person singular simple present oversows, present participle oversowing, simple past oversowed, past participle oversown or oversowed)

  1. To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
    • The which contrary corrupt seede of false doctrine we right well know came of the sayd aduersary, because it was long after ouersowen[…]1565, William Fulke, William Allen, chapter XIII, in Two Treatises Written against the Papistes, page 409
    • But vvhen men vvere a ſleepe, his enemy came and ouerſovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:25
    Synonyms:
    overseed
  2. To sow too much seed upon.

Synonyms of oversow

Forms of oversow

third-person singular presentoversows
present participleoversowing
pastoversowed
past participleoversown
past participleoversowed

Origin of oversow

From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.

Words that rhyme with oversow

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Questions about oversow

What does oversow mean?
Oversow means to sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
What part of speech is oversow?
Oversow is a verb.
How do you pronounce oversow?
Oversow is pronounced /ˌəʊvəˈsəʊ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of oversow?
The past tense of oversow is oversowed.

Words near oversow in the dictionary

  1. oversouls
  2. oversour
  3. oversoured
  4. oversouring
  5. oversours
  6. oversow
  7. oversowed
  8. oversowing
  9. oversown
  10. oversows
  11. overspace

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