Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgiven
Literary usage of Overgiven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charters and Other Documents Relating to the City of Glasgow by Glasgow (Scotland), James David Marwick, Robert Renwick, Glasgow (Scotland, Scottish Burgh Records Society (1894)
"... that by the said write thair was na farder meant to be overgiven but all ...
of his particular approbation of the premisses and his overgiven of his ..."
2. Charters and Other Documents A.D. 1175-1707 by Glasgow (Scotland) (1894)
"... that by the said write thair was na farder meant to be overgiven but all ...
of his particular approbation of the premisses and his overgiven of his ..."
3. Works of J. Fenimore Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1893)
"They said she was fair to look on, and pleasant of speech: but overgiven to
admirers, and light-minded." " They are devils incarnate ! ..."
4. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"Not overgiven to speech, but rather a man of action, Forrest stalked out into
the night. Arousing two of his most trusted men, he sent them out ..."
5. The Story of American Painting: The Evolution of Painting in America from by Charles Henry Caffin (1907)
"... to accept its responsibilities and renunciations, to lighten its grossness,
and uphold a high ideal. In an age and environment, not overgiven to ..."
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