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Overgrow   Listen
verb
Overgrow  v. t.  (past overgrew; past part. overgrown; pres. part. overgrowing)  
1.
To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn. "The green... is rough and overgrown."
2.
To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress. (Obs.) "O'ergrown with labor." Note: (Usually in the past participle.)





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"Overgrow" Quotes from Famous Books



... plantation! But Sir John Davis cautioned the Government against the mistakes that caused the failure of former settlements, saying, that if the number of the Scotch and English who were to come to Ireland did not much exceed that of the natives, the latter would quickly 'overgrow them, as weeds ...
— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin
... place, And his more gentle forts did trace; The nursery of all things green Was then the only magazine; The winter quarters were the stoves, Where he the tender plants removes. But war all this doth overgrow: We ordnance plant, and ...
— Andrew Marvell • Augustine Birrell


Words linked to "Overgrow" :   grow, surpass, exceed, turn, grow over, change state


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