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

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

As John Milton, that other blind survivor, once noted: Though "Thousands at his bidding speed / And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: / They also serve who only stand and wait."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2016

Then he’s to pull it o’er to barn number three on the Tanner north sixty.

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