overeye en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + eye.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |