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Webster 1913 Edition


Overbattle

O′ver-bat′tle

,
Adj.
[
Over
+
battle
, a.]
Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.
[Obs.]
Overbattle grounds.”
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overbattle

OVERBAT'TLE

,
Adj.
Too fruitful; exuberant. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


overbattle

overbattle

English

Alternative forms

  • over-battle
  • over battle

Adjective

overbattle (comparative more overbattle, superlative most overbattle)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Too fertile; too rich.
    For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker.

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