Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To lead excessively or too much.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To dominate; domineer over; oppress.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To affront; treat with indignity.

Origin

From Middle English overleden, from Old English oferlǣdan (“to oppress, translate”), equiv

From Middle English overleden, from Old English oferlǣdan (“to oppress, translate”), equivalent to over- + lead.

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Forms

overleads, overleading, overled, overled
Base formoverlead · to overlead
3rd person singularoverleads
Present participleoverleading
Past simpleoverled
Past participleoverled

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverlead
he, she, itoverleads

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overled
he, she, ithas overled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overlead

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overlapB2overlayC2overloadoverlookB2
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