overtread
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English overtreden, from Old English ofertredan.
Verb
editovertread (third-person singular simple present overtreads, present participle overtreading, simple past overtrod, past participle overtrodden)
- (transitive) To tread over or upon.
References
edit- “overtread”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.