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over-Atlases

over-Atlases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of over-Atlas.

Meaning of over-Atlas

Verb

over-Atlas (third-person singular simple present over-Atlases, present participle over-Atlasing, simple past and past participle over-Atlased)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To overburden more than Atlas, who was ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders.
    • O, favour thy glory though I have displeased thee with folly. I will not be so unweaponed jeopardous to overthrow both thy cause and my credit at once by over-Atlasing mine invention. That which I undertake shall be only to throw one light dart at their faces from afar, and exhort all able pens to...1593, Thomas Nashe, Christ's Tears Over Jerusalem

Questions about over-Atlases

What is over-Atlases the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Over-Atlases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of over-Atlas.

Words near over-Atlases in the dictionary

  1. over-approximation
  2. over-approximations
  3. over-assured
  4. over-Atlas
  5. over-Atlased
  6. over-Atlases
  7. over-Atlasing
  8. over-awe
  9. over-burning
  10. over-burnt
  11. over-canvassed

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