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oversown

oversown is the past participle of oversow.

Meaning of oversow

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
    Synonyms:
    overseed
  2. To sow too much seed upon.

Questions about oversown

What is oversown the past participle of?
Oversown is the past participle of oversow.

Words near oversown in the dictionary

  1. oversouring
  2. oversours
  3. oversow
  4. oversowed
  5. oversowing
  6. oversown
  7. oversows
  8. overspace
  9. overspaced
  10. overspaces
  11. overspacing

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