after-eye en · VERB
Etymology
From after- + eye.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To keep in view or sight.
Thou shouldst have made him As little as a crow, or less, ere left To after-eye him.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| after-eyes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| after-eyed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| after-eyed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| after-eying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | rare | lexicographic |
| after-eyeing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |