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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overeye en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + eye.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To superintend; inspect; observe; witness.
    • Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overeyes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overeying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
overeyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overeyed Tense=Past lexicographic
overeyeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic