"overgive" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈɡɪv/ [UK] Forms: overgives [present, singular, third-person], overgiving [participle, present], overgave [past], overgiven [participle, past]
Etymology: From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|give}} over- + give, {{cog|sco|overgie||to relinquish, resign}} Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), {{cog|nl|overgeven||to surrender}} Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), {{cog|de|übergeben||to hand over, surrender}} German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), {{cog|da|overgive||to surrender}} Danish overgive (“to surrender”) Head templates: {{en-verb|overgives|overgiving|overgave|overgiven}} overgive (third-person singular simple present overgives, present participle overgiving, simple past overgave, past participle overgiven)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give too lavishly. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-overgive-en-verb-CrFviEa8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 14 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 17 36
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overgive-en-verb-yslytbFh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 14 44
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To give up, terminate. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overgive-en-verb-g3gYbuu5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 13 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 14 42 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 14 44

Inflected forms

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