"overfare" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overfares [present, singular, third-person], overfaring [participle, present], overfared [past], overfore [past], overfared [participle, past], overfaren [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English *overfaren, ouerfaren, from Old English oferfaran (“to pass; pass over; go off”), equivalent to over- + fare. Related to German überführen (“to transfer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*overfaren}} Middle English *overfaren, {{inh|en|ang|oferfaran||to pass; pass over; go off}} Old English oferfaran (“to pass; pass over; go off”), {{prefix|en|over|fare}} over- + fare, {{noncog|de|überführen|t=to transfer}} German überführen (“to transfer”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=overfore|past_ptc2=overfaren}} overfare (third-person singular simple present overfares, present participle overfaring, simple past overfared or overfore, past participle overfared or overfaren)
  1. (transitive) To go over; pass; traverse. Tags: transitive
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