overgive
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /əʊvəˈɡɪv/
Verb

overgive (overgives, present participle overgiving; past overgave, past participle overgiven)

  1. (ambitransitive) To give too lavishly.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. [from 15th c.]
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To give up, terminate. [16th-17th c.]



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