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oversows

oversows is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 oversows

What is oversows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oversows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oversow.

Words near oversows in the dictionary

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

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