overˈgive, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. over- (in various senses) + give v. In sense 2 corresp. to OE. ofᵹifan.]
† 1. trans. To give over, to expend. Obs. rare. (rendering L. superimpendĕre.)
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Cor. xii. 15 Forsoth I moost wilfully schal ȝyue, and I my silf schal be ouerȝouun for ȝoure soulis. |
† 2. To give over or up, hand over, surrender.
| 1444 Reg. Magni Sig. (1882) 63/2 Wit yhe us..till have renounsit ouregevin quyt clemyt..all richt..in or to all landis [etc.]. 1591 Spenser M. Hubberd 249, I am a Souldiere,..And now, constrain'd that trade to overgive, I driven am to seeke some meanes to live. 1682 in Scott. Antiq. (1901) July 8, I..demitt and overgive my place of dean of facultie in the said wniversaty. |
† 3. intr. To give over, desist, cease. Obs.
| 1592 Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvi. (1612) 175 The Hound at Losse doth ouer-giue. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 804 And never over-give Till they both dying give Man leave to live. |
b. intr. To give way as frost, to thaw. dial.
| a 1825 in Forby Voc. E. Anglia. |
4. trans. To give in addition.
| 1622 Bp. Hall Contempl. O.T. xvii. Solomon's Choice, So doth God loue a good choyce, and hee recompences it with ouer-giuing. |
Hence † overˈgiving vbl. n., handing over, surrender. Obs.
| 1546 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 66 At the ourgeving of the said Castell it wes convenit that [etc.]. 1571 in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. v. (1677) 254 The said pretended Dimission, Renunciation and Overgiving of the Crown by the Queen. |