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overhie

verb
/əʊvəˈhʌɪ/UK

Etymology

From over- + hie.

  1. derived from *ḱēygʰ-✻ — “swift, fierce, violent”
  2. inherited from *hīgōną✻ — “to breathe, snort”
  3. inherited from *hīgōn✻
  4. inherited from hīgian — “to hie, hasten, strive”
  5. inherited from hien
  6. prefixed as overhie — “over + hie”

Definitions

  1. To overtake

    To overtake; to catch up with.

    • I disencumbered myself by main force, and fled, but he overhied me, knocked me down, and threatened, with dreadful oaths, to throw me from the cliff.

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