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overbide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-bide
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To outlive; survive.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English overbiden, from Old English oferbīdan (“to outlast, outlive”), equivalent to over- + bide.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overbides (present, singular) overbiding (participle, present) overbode (past) overbid (past) overbided (past) overbidden (participle, past) overbided (participle, past)

Questions

What does overbide mean?
To outlive; survive.
Where does overbide come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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