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English
Etymology
From Middle English overclimben, from Old English oferclimban, equivalent to over- + climb.
Verb
overclimb (third-person singular simple present overclimbs, present participle overclimbing, simple past and past participle overclimbed)
- To climb over.
1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: A J Valpy, , published 1814, →OCLC:This fatal gin thus overclamb our walls
- To climb excessively
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