overleave

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Definition of overleave

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.

“And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion.”

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verb

(transitive)To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.

“And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion.”
(intransitive)To remain; be left over.

noun

(uncountable)A leave which exceeds the approved or prescribed amount of time.

“[...] Absence without leave (including overleave and desertion).”
““Didn't you threaten to bobtail one of your sergeants for being drunk and overleave in Shanghai last week?”

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From Middle English overleven, from Old English oferlǣfan (“to leave over; be left over, remain”), equivalent to over- + leave.

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