overween
English
verb
Definitions
- (ergative) To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
- To make or render arrogant and overweening.
- (proscribed) To overwhelm.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English overwenen, overwēnen (presume, be presumptuous, be over-confident) inherited from Old English oferwennan prefix from English ween (imagine, judge, suppose).
Origin
English
ween
Gloss
imagine, judge, suppose
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misween English
- overweener English
- overweening English
- overweeningly English
- overweeningness English
- underween English
- ween English
- oferwennan Old English
- overwenen, overwēnen Middle English
- overweninge Middle English
- wene Middle English