Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To preside over, govern, rule; to control.

  2. To conquer, gain control or ownership of.

  3. (intransitive)To spend too much time sitting.

  4. (archaic)To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear.

Origin

From Middle English oversitten (“to gain possession of”), from Old English ofersittan (“to

From Middle English oversitten (“to gain possession of”), from Old English ofersittan (“to occupy, possess; forbear”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubarsittjan (“to sit over, occupy, preside over”), corresponding to over- + sit. Cognate with Middle Low German ōversitten, ȫversitten (“to attend, partake; advise, discuss; miss”), Middle Dutch oversitten (“to overstay; meet about, discuss”), Middle High German übersitzen (“to sit across from, occupy; disregard, neglect; exceed, miss”).

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Forms

oversits, oversitting, oversat, oversat
Base formoversit · to oversit
3rd person singularoversits
Present participleoversitting
Past simpleoversat
Past participleoversat

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoversit
he, she, itoversits

Past simpleLesson

all personsoversat

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oversit

Word family

1 related words
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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