overgive

动词 v.
/əʊvəˈɡɪv/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give too lavishly. ambitransitive
  2. To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. obsolete,transitive
    — For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.
  3. To give up, terminate. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

overgives present,singular,third-person overgiving participle,present overgave past overgiven participle,past

词源

From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).
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