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overglides

overglides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overglide.

Meaning of overglide

Verb

overglide (third-person singular simple present overglides, present participle overgliding, simple past and past participle overglided)

  1. To glide over.
    • that ſonne the wych was neuer clowd cowd hide
      percyth the cave, and on the harpe diſcendes
      whoſe glancỹg light the cordes did ouerglyde
      And ſuch luyſter apon the harpe extendesc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 91r

Questions about overglides

What is overglides the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overglides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overglide.

Words near overglides in the dictionary

  1. overglazed
  2. overglazes
  3. overglazing
  4. overglide
  5. overglided
  6. overglides
  7. overgliding
  8. overgloom
  9. overgloomed
  10. overglooming
  11. overglooms

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