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oversilvering

oversilvering is the present participle and gerund of oversilver.

Meaning of oversilver

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

Questions about oversilvering

What is oversilvering the present participle and gerund of?
Oversilvering is the present participle and gerund of oversilver.

Words near oversilvering in the dictionary

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

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