oversit
English
verb
Definitions
- To preside over, govern, rule; to control
- To conquer, gain control or owndom of
- To grasp, comprehend; to understand
- (archaic) To neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear
- (archaic) To overstay, outstay, overlinger
- (slang) To be misunderstood; to misread, misunderstand
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oversitten (gain possession of) inherited from Old English ofersittan (possess, forbear, occupy) derived from Proto-Germanic *uber (over) prefix from English sit.
Origin
English
sit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atsit English
- baby-sit English
- besit English
- birdsit English
- birdysit English
- dogsit English
- granny-sit English
- horsesit English
- house-sit English
- missit English
- outsit English
- pigsit English
- puppysit English
- resit English
- sit English
- sit-ski English
- sitfast English
- sitootery English
- sitout English
- sitski English
- sitsome English
- sitter English
- sittest English
- sitteth English
- sitting English
- situp English
- sitzen German
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- *upéri Proto-Indo-European
- *uber Proto-Germanic
- *ubiri Proto-Germanic
- ofer Old English
- ofer- Old English
- ofergyldan Old English
- oferhealdan Old English
- oferhebban Old English
- ofersendan Old English
- ofersettan Old English
- ofersittan Old English
- sittan Old English
- oversitten Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- sidi Esperanto
- of Icelandic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *obar gmw-pro
- *ovar Old Dutch
- over Old Dutch
- ovar- Old Saxon
- over Old Frisian