Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overhold
Participle: overholded
Gerund: overholding
Indicative
Present
| I | overhold |
| you | overhold |
| he;she;it | overholds |
| we | overhold |
| you | overhold |
| they | overhold |
Perfect
| I | have overholded |
| you | have overholded |
| he;she;it | has overholded |
| we | have overholded |
| you | have overholded |
| they | have overholded |
Past
| I | overholded |
| you | overholded |
| he;she;it | overholded |
| we | overholded |
| you | overholded |
| they | overholded |
Pluperfect
| I | had overholded |
| you | had overholded |
| he;she;it | had overholded |
| we | had overholded |
| you | had overholded |
| they | had overholded |
Future
| I | will overhold |
| you | will overhold |
| he;she;it | will overhold |
| we | will overhold |
| you | will overhold |
| they | will overhold |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overholded |
| you | will have overholded |
| he;she;it | will have overholded |
| we | will have overholded |
| you | will have overholded |
| they | will have overholded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overhold |
| you | overhold |
| he;she;it | overhold |
| we | overhold |
| you | overhold |
| they | overhold |
Perfect
| I | have overholded |
| you | have overholded |
| he;she;it | have overholded |
| we | have overholded |
| you | have overholded |
| they | have overholded |
Imperfect
| I | overholded |
| you | overholded |
| he;she;it | overholded |
| we | overholded |
| you | overholded |
| they | overholded |
Pluperfect
| I | had overholded |
| you | had overholded |
| he;she;it | had overholded |
| we | had overholded |
| you | had overholded |
| they | had overholded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overhold |
| you | would overhold |
| he;she;it | would overhold |
| we | would overhold |
| you | would overhold |
| they | would overhold |
Perfect
| I | would have overholded |
| you | would have overholded |
| he;she;it | would have overholded |
| we | would have overholded |
| you | would have overholded |
| they | would have overholded |
Imperative
| you | overhold |
| we | Let's overhold |
| you | overhold |
Verbs conjugated like 'overhold'
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 'overhold'
overfold,
overmold,
overgild,
overhale,
overhall,
overhand,
overhele,
overhelp,
overhend,
overhope,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”). See: Old English '
oferhealdan', Dutch '
overhouden', German, old spelling '
überhalten', Danish '
overholde'.
Sample Sentences
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if he overhold his price so much [c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
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That is your opinion: you state here that you were induced to overhold the land […] [1854, REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND EVIDENCE:]