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overwrestle

overwrestle verb: to defeat or overcome by wrestling.

Verb

overwrestle (third-person singular simple present overwrestles, present participle overwrestling, simple past and past participle overwrestled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To defeat or overcome by wrestling.

Forms of overwrestle

third-person singular presentoverwrestles
present participleoverwrestling
past participleoverwrestled
pastoverwrestled

Origin of overwrestle

From over- + wrestle.

Questions about overwrestle

What does overwrestle mean?
Overwrestle means to defeat or overcome by wrestling.
What part of speech is overwrestle?
Overwrestle is a verb.
What is the past tense of overwrestle?
The past tense of overwrestle is overwrestled.

Words near overwrestle in the dictionary

  1. overwrappers
  2. overwrapping
  3. overwrappings
  4. overwraps
  5. overwrapt
  6. overwrestle
  7. overwrestled
  8. overwrestles
  9. overwrestling
  10. overwritable
  11. overwrite

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