overgreen en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + green.
Meanings
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(poetic, transitive) To cover with greenery or a green color.
[…] all the rocks and roots With olden film were overgreened; the pool, Broadened from falling water, sparkled with fires Of shafted crystal, and the sounding drops Splintered their fleeting pearl against the stone.
1928, Geoffrey Johnson, Mad Echo:The door itself, wrought of a swarthy bronze all overgreened by time, stood slightly ajar.
1944, Clark Ashton Smith, Lost Worlds:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overgreening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overgreened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overgreened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overgreens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |