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overleaven en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven English overleaven From over- + leaven.

Meanings

  1. To leaven too much.
  2. (broadly, obsolete) To change excessively; to spoil.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overleavens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overleavened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overleavened Tense=Past lexicographic
overleavening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic