overdream en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌəʊvəˈdɹiːm/ (UK)
Etymology
From over- + dream.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overdreaming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overdreams | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overdreamed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overdreamed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |