overhie en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əʊvəˈhʌɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
From over- + hie.
Meanings
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(Scotland) To overtake; to catch up with.
I disencumbered myself by main force, and fled, but he overhied me, knocked me down, and threatened, with dreadful oaths, to throw me from the cliff.
1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overhied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overhied | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overhies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overhying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |