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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overpicture en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + picture.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
    • O'er-picturing that Venus c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overpictured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overpictured Tense=Past lexicographic
overpictures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overpicturing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

overexaggerate