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oversorrow

verb

Etymology

From over- + sorrow.

  1. derived from *swergʰ-✻ — “watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”
  2. inherited from *surgō✻
  3. inherited from *sorgu✻
  4. inherited from sorg
  5. inherited from sorwe
  6. prefixed as oversorrow — “over + sorrow”

Definitions

  1. To grieve or afflict excessively.

    • " Ah, Sophia, how you overjoy me!" " Let Riberac take care that I shall not have oversorrowed myself."

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