overgive /əʊvəˈɡɪv/ verb3 •To give too lavishly. •(no longer used) 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. — 1590 •(no longer used) To give up, terminate. formsovergave · overgiven · overgiving · overgives