overbattle

English

Alternative forms
  • over-battle
  • over battle

Etymology

From over- +‎ battle (“fertile, fruitful”). More at over-, battle.

Adjective

overbattle (comparative more overbattle, superlative most overbattle)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Too fertile; too rich.
    For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker.
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