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overpictured

overpictured is the simple past and past participle of overpicture.

Meaning of overpicture

Verb

overpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.
    • O'er-picturing that Venusc. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about overpictured

What is overpictured the simple past and past participle of?
Overpictured is the simple past and past participle of overpicture.

Words near overpictured in the dictionary

  1. overphosphorylation
  2. overphosphorylations
  3. overphotographed
  4. overpicky
  5. overpicture
  6. overpictured
  7. overpictures
  8. overpicturing
  9. overpierced
  10. overpigmentation
  11. overpigmented

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overpictured (page history and authors); overpicture (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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