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Webster 1913 Edition

Overshade

Oˊver-shadeˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
ofersceadwian
. See
Over
, and
Shade
, and cf.
Overshadow
.]
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overshade

OVERSHA'DE

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with shade; to cover with any thing that causes darkness; to render dark or gloomy.

Definition 2024

overshade

overshade

English

Verb

overshade ‎(third-person singular simple present overshades, present participle overshading, simple past and past participle overshaded)

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

Etymology

From over- +‎ shade.

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