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overfell

verb

Etymology

From over- + fell.

  1. derived from *h₃elh₁-✻
  2. derived from *fallaną✻ — “to fall”
  3. inherited from *fallijaną✻ — “to fell, to cause to fall”
  4. inherited from *fallijan✻
  5. inherited from fellan
  6. inherited from fellen
  7. prefixed as overfell — “over + fell”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of overfall

  2. To fell too many trees.

    • In the Punjab increment is reserved against contingencies, a conservative and therefore excellent scheme, since there has been a tendency to overfell and to accept too optimistic rotation figures.
    • He was a careful gardener and did not overfell.

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