Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overgang
Participle: overganged
Gerund: overganging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overgang |
| you | overgang |
| he;she;it | overgangs |
| we | overgang |
| you | overgang |
| they | overgang |
Perfect
| I | have overganged |
| you | have overganged |
| he;she;it | has overganged |
| we | have overganged |
| you | have overganged |
| they | have overganged |
Past
| I | overganged |
| you | overganged |
| he;she;it | overganged |
| we | overganged |
| you | overganged |
| they | overganged |
Pluperfect
| I | had overganged |
| you | had overganged |
| he;she;it | had overganged |
| we | had overganged |
| you | had overganged |
| they | had overganged |
Future
| I | will overgang |
| you | will overgang |
| he;she;it | will overgang |
| we | will overgang |
| you | will overgang |
| they | will overgang |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overganged |
| you | will have overganged |
| he;she;it | will have overganged |
| we | will have overganged |
| you | will have overganged |
| they | will have overganged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overgang |
| you | overgang |
| he;she;it | overgang |
| we | overgang |
| you | overgang |
| they | overgang |
Perfect
| I | have overganged |
| you | have overganged |
| he;she;it | have overganged |
| we | have overganged |
| you | have overganged |
| they | have overganged |
Imperfect
| I | overganged |
| you | overganged |
| he;she;it | overganged |
| we | overganged |
| you | overganged |
| they | overganged |
Pluperfect
| I | had overganged |
| you | had overganged |
| he;she;it | had overganged |
| we | had overganged |
| you | had overganged |
| they | had overganged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overgang |
| you | would overgang |
| he;she;it | would overgang |
| we | would overgang |
| you | would overgang |
| they | would overgang |
Perfect
| I | would have overganged |
| you | would have overganged |
| he;she;it | would have overganged |
| we | would have overganged |
| you | would have overganged |
| they | would have overganged |
Imperative
| you | overgang |
| we | Let's overgang |
| you | overgang |
Verbs conjugated like 'overgang'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overgang'
overhang,
overgaze,
overhand,
overland,
overman,
overtag,
overtan,
overwing,
kerrang,
organ,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”). See: Old English '
ofergangan', Proto-Germanic '
*uberganganą'.
Sample Sentences
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Ye're straight and tall, handsome withall, But your pride overgangs your wit [c. 1600, unknown author, Proud Lady Margaret:]
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But at the last it will overgang, Suppose that many think it lang. [c. 1650, unknown author, Eger and Grime:]
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"The trouble is overganging the profit. Read us one o' King David's psalms or canticles, then we'll go to our sleep wi' a song in our hearts." [1917, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Christine, a Fife fisher girl, page 21:]
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Less dramatically, but packed with economic menace, Elizabeth Bathgate told George Sprot, 'for work what you can your teeth shall overgang your hands and ye shall never get your Sundays meat to the fore.' [1981, Christina Larner, Enemies of God: the witch-hunt in Scotland, page 97:]