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† overˈsit, v. Obs.
[OE. ofersittan: see over- 1, 4, 2. Cf. MHG., Ger. übersitzen, Du. overzitten.]
1. trans. To sit over or upon; to occupy, possess.
c825Vesp. Psalter lviii. 4 Forðon sehðe ofersetun [L. occupaverunt] sawle mine. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xviii. §1 Þone mæstan hæfð sæ oferseten. c1205Lay. 8035 For auere to ure liue we maȝen ouer-sitten þis lond.
2. To refrain, abstain, or desist from; to omit.
Beowulf (Z.) 684 Ac wit on niht sculon secge ofer-sittan. Ibid. 2528 Þæt ic wið þone guð-floᵹan gylp ofer-sitte. c1000ælfric Gram. xlvii. (Z.) 276 Supersideo, ic ofersitte. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 10284 Ȝyf þou forgete or ouer⁓syttes Tyme of housel þat þou weyl wytes. c1440Promp. Parv. 373/2 Ovyr settynge or ovyr syttynge of dede or tyme, omissio. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 132, I may nocht tak it agayne..gif I oursytt ony quhile.
3. trans. To sit over or above, preside over.
1587Golding De Mornay iii. 31 His power and prouidence ouersitting them from aboue. |