o'er

¹ American  

[awr, ohr] / ɔr, oʊr /

preposition

Literary.

1. contraction of over.

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OER ² American  

1. open education(al) resource(s).

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o'er British  

/ əʊə, ɔː /

preposition

1. a poetic contraction of over

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Example Sentences

Now with the warm earth o’er thy breast, O wisest of thy kind and best, Forever mayst thou softly rest, In pace, Peter!

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

All we go down to the dust; and, weeping o'er the grave we make our song:

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2022

So we rotated guard duty: All through the night o’er the Ram parts we watched.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

All we go down to the dust; and, weeping, o’er the grave,

From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021

The stone Sheriff Jackson was turning o’er and o’er had one big chip right out the middle of it that showed its insides was made out of streaks of white and brown.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis