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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overshade en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + shade.

Meanings

  1. To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.
    • as a veil, / Waved and o'ershading her wan cheek, appears / Her streaming hair [...]. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:

Forms

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overshades Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overshaded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overshaded Tense=Past lexicographic
overshading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic