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