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covârși

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Probably from a Slavic *povъršiti (to overwhelm, weigh down), with a change of prefix as with covârni < povârni, or due to influence from cotropi or other words beginning with 'co-'. Cf. also vârf.

Verb

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a covârși (third-person singular present covârșește, past participle covârșit) 4th conjugation

  1. to defeat, overcome, overwhelm, get the better of
  2. to invade, beset
  3. to surpass (by a lot), exceed, overtake

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