overgive
动词 v.
英 /əʊvəˈɡɪv/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To give too lavishly.
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To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
— For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.
- To give up, terminate.
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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