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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overheave en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To overcast.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overheaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overhove Tense=Past lexicographic
overheaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overheaved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overheaved Tense=Past lexicographic
overhoven Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic