Oversit

Origin

From Middle English oversitten ("to gain possession of"), from Old English ofersittan ("to occupy, possess; forbear"), from Proto-Germanic *uber ("over") + *sitjanÄ… ("to sit"), corresponding to - + sit.

Full definition of oversit

Verb

1. to preside over, govern, rule; to control
2. to conquer, gain control or owndom of
• 1903, Robert Smith Surtees, Handley Cross, Let me, however, entreat of you, above all things, to remember my ball, and do not let them oversit the thing so as not to get to it.
3. to grasp, comprehend; to understand
• 2008, Joseph Hennaleigh, The Spirit of Morph Code, To Oversit Is to Understand
4. (archaic) to neglect, omit; to desist, refrain from, forbear
• 1881, Thomas Edward Bridgett, History of the Holy Eucharist in Great Britain, And he greatly reproaches those who ' forget or oversit the time of housel,' ...
5. (archaic) to overstay, outstay, overlinger
6. (slang) to be misunderstood; to misread, misunderstand
   Nobody understands me, they all oversit me.

Noun

1. governance, authority, possession, control
• 1873, Adalbert Müller, Venice: her art-treasures and historical associations, Repeatedly ornamented and enriched in succeeding centuries, the church of St. Mark's was at first only the courtchapel of the Doge, who exercised an extensive patronage oversit, ...
• 1926, Edward Montagu Montagu, Report on the manuscripts of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Feveryere, who had the oversit of all the work.

Anagrams

• Treviso, treviso