Standard Lemma guide
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verb
simple past and past participle of overfall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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verb
To fell too many trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English fell English overfell From over- + fell.
