oversit
English
Etymology
From Middle English oversitten (“to gain possession of”), from Old English ofersittan (“to occupy, possess; forbear”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *sitjaną (“to sit”), corresponding to over- + sit.
Verb
oversit (third-person singular simple present oversits, present participle oversitting, simple past and past participle oversat)
- To preside over, govern, rule; to control
- To conquer, gain control or owndom of
- 1903, Robert Smith Surtees, Handley Cross:
- Let me, however, entreat of you, above all things, to remember my ball, and do not let them oversit the thing so as not to get to it.
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- To grasp, comprehend; to understand
- 2008, Joseph Hennaleigh, The Spirit of Morph Code, →ISBN:
- To Oversit Is to Understand
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- (archaic) To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear
- 1881, Thomas Edward Bridgett, History of the Holy Eucharist in Great Britain:
- And he greatly reproaches those who ' forget or oversit the time of housel,' […]
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- (archaic) To overstay, outstay, overlinger
- (slang, humorous) To be misunderstood; to misread, misunderstand
- Nobody understands me, they all oversit me.
Related terms
- overset
Anagrams
- Restivo, Treviso, torsive, treviso