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overleave en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English overleven, from Old English oferlǣfan (“to leave over; be left over, remain”), equivalent to over- + leave.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.
    • And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion. 1999, Saint Edmund Campion, James V. Holleran, A Jesuit Challenge:
  2. (intransitive) To remain; be left over.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overleaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overleaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overleft Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overleft Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

overleft

overleave en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From over- + leave (“permission, furlough”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A leave which exceeds the approved or prescribed amount of time.
    • [...] Absence without leave (including overleave and desertion). 1949, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Manual, 1949:
    • “Didn't you threaten to bobtail one of your sergeants for being drunk and overleave in Shanghai last week? 2011, L Ron Hubbard, Orders Is Orders: