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overgaze

overgaze verb: to gaze; to overlook.

Verb

overgaze (third-person singular simple present overgazes, present participle overgazing, simple past and past participle overgazed)

  1. (poetic) To gaze; to overlook.
    • Earth o'ergazing mountains1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XCI

Forms of overgaze

third-person singular presentovergazes
present participleovergazing
past participleovergazed
pastovergazed

Origin of overgaze

From over- + gaze.

Questions about overgaze

What does overgaze mean?
Overgaze means to gaze; to overlook.
What part of speech is overgaze?
Overgaze is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgaze?
The past tense of overgaze is overgazed.

Words near overgaze in the dictionary

  1. overgangs
  2. overgarment
  3. overgarments
  4. overgarrisoned
  5. overgave
  6. overgaze
  7. overgazed
  8. overgazes
  9. overgazing
  10. overgear
  11. overgeared

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