What does overgive mean?
Overgive means (ambitransitive) To give too lavishly..
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/əʊvəˈɡɪv/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To give too lavishly..
For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.
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Overgive means (ambitransitive) To give too lavishly..
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For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.
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