Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To overtake; seize.

Origin

From Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman (“to take violently, take away,

From Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman (“to take violently, take away, carry off, confiscate”), equivalent to over- + nim (“to take”). Cognate with Dutch overnemen (“to take over”), German übernehmen (“to take over”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

overnims, overnimming, overnam, overnum
Base formovernim · to overnim
3rd person singularovernims
Present participleovernimming
Past simpleovernam / overnimmed
Past participleovernum / overnimmed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovernim
he, she, itovernims

Past simpleLesson

all personsovernam

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overnim

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overnightB1overpassoverpayoverpopulate
overnim — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto