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overeying

overeying 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 overeying

What is overeying the present participle and gerund of?
Overeying is the present participle and gerund of overeye.

Words near overeying in the dictionary

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

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