"oversorrow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: oversorrows [present, singular, third-person], oversorrowing [participle, present], oversorrowed [participle, past], oversorrowed [past]
Etymology: over- + sorrow Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sorrow}} over- + sorrow Head templates: {{en-verb}} oversorrow (third-person singular simple present oversorrows, present participle oversorrowing, simple past and past participle oversorrowed)
  1. (transitive, rare) To grieve or afflict excessively. Tags: rare, transitive Derived forms: oversorrowed, oversorrowing
    Sense id: en-oversorrow-en-verb-O6CBSoQN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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