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over-Atlasing

over-Atlasing is the present participle and gerund 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-Atlasing

What is over-Atlasing the present participle and gerund of?
Over-Atlasing is the present participle and gerund of over-Atlas.

Words near over-Atlasing in the dictionary

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

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