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overspring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-spring
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rise above, or spring or leap over.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English overspringen, equivalent to over- + spring. Compare Dutch overspringen, German überspringen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

oversprings (present, singular) overspringing (participle, present) oversprang (past) oversprung (participle, past)

Synonyms

overtop overclimb overtower

Questions

What does overspring mean?
To rise above, or spring or leap over.
Where does overspring come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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