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overeyes

overeyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overeyes

What is overeyes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overeyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overeye.

Words near overeyes in the dictionary

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

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