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overtint en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + tint.

Meanings

  1. A tint layered over another.
    • She wore the same dress she had worn that Sunday of their tryst; that exquisite dress, with the faint lavender overtint, like the tender colours of the beautiful day he made his own. 1905, Booth Tarkington, The Conquest of Canaan:

Forms

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overtints Number=Plur lexicographic

overtint en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + tint.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tint excessively.
    • The actual amount of color required is very small and care must be exercised not to overtint the wool, or a bluish tone will be obtained. 1909, Joseph Merritt Matthews, Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry, page 31:
  2. (transitive) To apply another tint over.

Forms

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overtints Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overtinted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtinted Tense=Past lexicographic
overtinting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic