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overcanopying

overcanopying is the present participle and gerund of overcanopy.

Meaning of overcanopy

Verb

overcanopy (third-person singular simple present overcanopies, present participle overcanopying, simple past and past participle overcanopied)

  1. (transitive) To form a canopy over (something).
    • I know a banke where the wilde thyme blowes, / Where Oxſlips and the nodding Violet growes, / Quite ouer-cannoped with luſcious woodbine, / With ſweet muſke roſes, and with Eglantine; […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

Questions about overcanopying

What is overcanopying the present participle and gerund of?
Overcanopying is the present participle and gerund of overcanopy.

Words near overcanopying in the dictionary

  1. overcancels
  2. overcanny
  3. overcanopied
  4. overcanopies
  5. overcanopy
  6. overcanopying
  7. overcanvassed
  8. overcapable
  9. overcapacitate
  10. overcapacitated
  11. overcapacitates

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