overnim

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 7

Definition of overnim

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(archaic, transitive)To overtake; seize.

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Etymology

From Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman (“to take violently, take away, carry off, confiscate”), equivalent to over- + nim (“to take”). Cognate with Dutch overnemen (“to take over”), German übernehmen (“to take over”).