A Dictionary of the English Language/abandon over

by Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

To abandon over. v. a. [a form of writing not usual, perhaps not exact.] To give up to, to resign.

Look on me as a man abanden'd o'er
To an eternal lethargy of love;
To pull, and pinch, and wound me, cannot cure,
And but disturb the quiet of my death.Dryd. Sp. Friar.