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overnim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overn-im
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overtake; seize.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman (“to take violently, take away, carry off, confiscate”), equivalent to over- + nim (“to take”). Cognate with Dutch overnemen (“to take over”), German übernehmen (“to take over”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

overnims (present, singular) overnimming (participle, present) overnam (past) overnimmed (past) overnum (participle, past) overnimmed (participle, past)

Questions

What does overnim mean?
To overtake; seize.
Where does overnim come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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