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Definition of Overhent
1. v. t. To overtake.
Definition of Overhent
1. Verb. (obsolete) To catch hold of; to overtake. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overhent
1. to overtake [v OVERHENT, OVERHENTING, OVERHENTS] - See also: overtake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhent
Literary usage of Overhent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"knights that after her did speed Yet lied she fast, and both them farre outwent,
In hope to have her overhent at hsi: (Vm-i. ..."
2. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Robert Dodsley (1770)
"... With forrow overhent, the other day I laid my weary limbs adown to reft, Where
a tall beech ..."
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