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overeye

overeye verb: to superintend; inspect; observe; witness.

Verb

overeye (third-person singular simple present overeyes, present participle overeyeing or (rare) overeying, simple past and past participle overeyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To superintend; inspect; observe; witness.
    • Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of overeye

third-person singular presentovereyes
present participleovereyeing
past participleovereyed
pastovereyed
present participle (rare)overeying

Origin of overeye

From over- + eye.

Questions about overeye

What does overeye mean?
Overeye means to superintend; inspect; observe; witness.
What part of speech is overeye?
Overeye is a verb.
What is the past tense of overeye?
The past tense of overeye is overeyed.

Words near overeye in the dictionary

  1. overextrudes
  2. overextruding
  3. overexuberance
  4. overexuberant
  5. overexuberantly
  6. overeye
  7. overeyed
  8. overeyeing
  9. overeyes
  10. overeying
  11. overface

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