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overfare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-fare
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go over; pass; traverse.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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”).

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Inflected Forms

overfares (present, singular) overfaring (participle, present) overfared (past) overfore (past) overfared (participle, past) overfore (participle, past) overfaren (participle, past)

Questions

What does overfare mean?
To go over; pass; traverse.
Where does overfare come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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