overgrow

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERGROW, verb transitive 1. To cover with growth or herbage. 2. To grow beyond; to rise above. OVERGROW, verb intransitive To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as a hugh overgrown ox.
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