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

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