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oversilver

oversilver verb: to cover with, or as if with, silver.

Verb

oversilver (third-person singular simple present oversilvers, present participle oversilvering, simple past and past participle oversilvered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, silver.
    • That night the moon was nearly full, and its soft light oversilvered the beautiful Leman.1877, Jean Leonhard Ver Mehr, Checkered Life: In the Old and New World, page 214

Forms of oversilver

third-person singular presentoversilvers
present participleoversilvering
past participleoversilvered
pastoversilvered

Origin of oversilver

From over- + silver.

Questions about oversilver

What does oversilver mean?
Oversilver means to cover with, or as if with, silver.
What part of speech is oversilver?
Oversilver is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversilver?
The past tense of oversilver is oversilvered.

Words near oversilver in the dictionary

  1. oversignified
  2. oversignifies
  3. oversignify
  4. oversignifying
  5. oversilent
  6. oversilver
  7. oversilvered
  8. oversilvering
  9. oversilvers
  10. oversimilar
  11. oversimple

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