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overgeven — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
  • spew verb To eject or gush out forcefully in a stream.
  • surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
  • vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
  • yak noun A large, shaggy-haired, ox-like animal from the mountains of Central Asia, including Tibet and Mongolia.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

overgeven is used for these senses in English:

  • capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
  • give in (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • remit (transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  • remit (transitive, obsolete) To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.
  • spew (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
  • surrender (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
  • vomit (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

purge — full definition

  1. verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  2. verb To forcibly remove people, especially from a political organization.
  3. noun An act of forcibly removing people or unwanted elements.

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