overcrow

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ crow.

Verb

overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     The potent poison quite overcrows my spirit

2. (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.

Anagrams

• crow over