Overleave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overleave is a verb meaning (transitive) To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.
Meaning
(transitive) To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To remain; be left over.
- A leave which exceeds the approved or prescribed amount of time.
Example Sentences
[...] Absence without leave (including overleave and desertion).
“Didn't you threaten to bobtail one of your sergeants for being drunk and overleave in Shanghai last week?
And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion.
Word Forms
- overleaves
- overleaving
- overleft
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overleap, forleave, leave, unleave, overleaven, lie over.
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