verb · irregular · transitive

overgive

overgive · overgives · overgave · overgiven · overgiving

To give too lavishlyTo give too lavishly.

/əʊvəˈɡɪv/

Meaning

3 senses

(ambitransitive)To give too lavishly.
(obsolete, transitive)To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.
(obsolete, transitive)To give up, terminate.

Origin

From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to s

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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Forms

overgives, overgiving, overgave, overgiven

Base form	overgive · to overgive
3rd person singular	overgives
Present participle	overgiving
Past simple	overgave
Past participle	overgiven

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	overgive
he, she, it	overgives

Past simpleLesson

all persons

overgave

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have overgiven
he, she, it	has overgiven

Future simple (will)Lesson