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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overgrow  \O`ver*grow"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Overgrew};  p.  p. 
  {Overgrown};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Overgrowing}.] 
  1.  To  grow  over  to  cover  with  growth  or  herbage,  esp.  that 
  which  is  rank. 
 
  The  green  .  .  .  is  rough  and  overgrown.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  To  grow  beyond;  to  rise  above;  hence  to  overcome;  to 
  oppress.  [Obs.]  --Mortimer.  ``O'ergrown  with  labor.'' 
  --Beau.  &  Fl  [Usually  in  the  past  participle.] 




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