oversend

Meanings

Verb

• To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
• To send (a message, etc.) to too many people.
• To send over, transmit.

Noun

• A transmission that is larger than it should be.

Origin

• From Middle English oversenden, from Old English ofersendan, from Proto-Germanic *uber + *sandijaną, corresponding to over- + send. Cognate with Middle Dutch oversenden, German übersenden.