overname

over- +‎ name

overname (third-person singular simple present overnames, present participle overnaming, simple past and past participle overnamed)

1. (obsolete) To name over or in a series; to recount.
   • The Merchant of Venice Act I, line 37:

     PORTIA: I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them I will describe them...

overname (plural overnames)

1. A surname.
2. A nickname.

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• Hyphenation: over‧na‧me

Derived from overnemen on the model of German Übernahme. The same is true of other nouns in -name.

overname f, m (plural overnamen or overnames, diminutive overnametje n)

1. takeover

overname

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of overnemen (when using a subclause)

• name over