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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overglance en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + glance.

Meanings

  1. (poetic, transitive) To glance over.
    • with a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overglances Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overglanced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overglanced Tense=Past lexicographic
overglancing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic