oversay
English
Etymology
over- + say
Verb
oversay (third-person singular simple present oversays, present participle oversaying, simple past and past participle oversaid)
- To say over again; to repeat.
- 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial
- Here you are safe , sad cousin ; if you please , May over-say the circumstance of what You late discours'd
- 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial
References
oversay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- avoyers