overgive

Verb

(third-person singular simple present overgives, present participle overgiving, simple past overgave, past participle overgiven)

To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish. [from 15th c.]

Origin

From over- +‎ give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).

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