overclimb
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Etymology
From Middle English overclimben, from Old English oferclimban, equivalent to over- + climb.
Verb
overclimb (third-person singular simple present overclimbs, present participle overclimbing, simple past and past participle overclimbed)
- To climb over.
- 1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:
- This fatal gin thus overclamb our walls
- To climb excessively
References
- “overclimb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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