† overˈbide, v. Obs.
[over- 18.]
trans. To remain over or after; to outlast, outlive, survive.
| 1050 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 583 Ᵹif ic hire ouerbide..ᵹif he me ouerbide. a 1300 Cursor M. 22687 Þe men þat þat dai sal ouerbide, Under a fell þai sal þam hide. 13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1731 He hadde i-wedded two jolif wives; He liuede and bothe hem overbod. c 1386 Chaucer Wife's T. 404 Grace touerbyde hem þat we wedde. |
b. intr. To remain over the time, to tarry.
| 13.. Cursor M. 3008 (Cott.) O birth sco moght not ouer⁓bide. Ibid. 26627 (Cott.) Þi scrift agh noght at ouer bide. |