overleave

verb

1. To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left.

   transitive

   And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion.

2. To remain; be left over.

   intransitive

Where it comes from

From Middle English overleven, from Old English oferlǣfan (“to leave over; be left over, remain”), equivalent to over- + leave.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overleave (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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