overgive

/əʊvəˈɡɪv/

Etymology

From over- + give. Compare Scots overgie (“to relinquish, resign”), Dutch overgeven (“to surrender”), German übergeben (“to hand over, surrender”), Danish overgive (“to surrender”).

overgive means to give too lavishly. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To give too lavishly.
To give over, hand over, surrender; to relinquish.“For th'heavens have decreëd to displace / The Britons for their sinnes dew punishment / And to the Saxons over-give their government.”
To give up, terminate.