oversow
verbUK /ˌəʊvəˈsəʊ/ · US /ˌoʊvɚˈsoʊ/
Etymology From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.
1
To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
- The which contrary corrupt seede of false doctrine we right well know came of the sayd aduersary, because it was long after ouersowen[…]1565, William Fulke, William Allen, chapter XIII, in Two Treatises Written against the Papistes, page 409:
- But vvhen men vvere a ſleepe, his enemy came and ouerſovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:25:
1 more example
- […] it is possible to oversow the area with improved forages. […] Vigorous species must be used to oversow the area […]1996, C. P. Peacock, Improving Goat Production in the Tropics, →ISBN, page 115:
2
To sow too much seed upon.