overcrow
English
Etymology
over- + crow
Verb
overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
- The potent poison quite overcrows my spirit
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
- (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.
Anagrams
- crow over