overcrow, v.
(əʊvˈəkrəʊ)
Also 6 -craw.
[over- 2, 21.]
trans. To crow or exult over; to triumph over; to overpower.
| 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 110 Whan euer thou wouldest seeme, to ouer crow mee, Than will I surely ouer cakill thee. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. ix. 50 Then gan the villein him to overcraw. 1597 [see overawe quot. 1579]. 1602 Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 364 The potent poyson quite ore-crowes my spirit. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 85 The Cocks also doe beat one another for the Hennes..and he that ouercommeth, ouer-croweth the other which is ouer⁓come. 1642 Rogers Naaman 329 Shall I endure such a base fellow to overcrow me? 1818 Scott Rob Roy xvii, I sunk it and my head at once, fairly overcrowed, as Spenser would have termed it. 1843 Borrow Bible in Spain li. 293/2 The coasts are exceedingly high and bold, especially that of Spain, which seems to overcrow the Moorish. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms viii, There wasn't another man living that could overcrow me. |