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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overdream en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊvəˈdɹiːm/ (UK)

Etymology

From over- + dream.

Meanings

  1. (rare) To dream (about) excessively.
    • I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be over-dreamed – that voice was a deathless song. 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 93:
    • […] as though they had o'erdream'd / The churlish winter. 1818, H. H. Milman, Samor, section VII:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overdreaming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdreams Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overdreamed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdreamed Tense=Past lexicographic