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overeyeing

overeyeing is the present participle and gerund 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 overeyeing

What is overeyeing the present participle and gerund of?
Overeyeing is the present participle and gerund of overeye.

Words near overeyeing in the dictionary

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

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