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English
Etymology
over- + crow
Verb
overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
c. 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The potent poison quite overcrows my spirit
- (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.
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