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overpicturing

overpicturing is the present participle and gerund 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 overpicturing

What is overpicturing the present participle and gerund of?
Overpicturing is the present participle and gerund of overpicture.

Words near overpicturing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overpicturing (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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