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overheave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-heave
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overcast.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English overhebben, from Old English oferhebban (“to pass by, pass over, omit, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to over- + heave.

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Inflected Forms

overheaves (present, singular) overheaving (participle, present) overhove (past) overheaved (past) overhoven (participle, past) overheaved (participle, past)

Questions

What does overheave mean?
To overcast.
Where does overheave come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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