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overeyed

overeyed is the simple past and past participle of overeye.

Meaning of overeye

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]...

Questions about overeyed

What is overeyed the simple past and past participle of?
Overeyed is the simple past and past participle of overeye.

Words near overeyed in the dictionary

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

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