overcrow

verb — 2 senses

overcrow

verb

Etymology From over- + crow.

1

Obsolete To take over.

  • The potent poison quite overcrows my spiritc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
2

Obsolete To crow over, as in triumph.

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