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overspanned

overspanned is the simple past and past participle of overspan.

Meaning of overspan

Verb

overspan (third-person singular simple present overspans, present participle overspanning, simple past and past participle overspanned)

  1. (transitive) To reach or extend over.
    • The place for the fuel is carried up ſtrait on both ſides, till about three feet high ; then they almoſt fill it with wood, and over that lay a covering of ſea-coal, and then overſpan the arch[…]1763, “The method of burning Bricks”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2nd edition, volume I, London: W. Owen, page 379

Questions about overspanned

What is overspanned the simple past and past participle of?
Overspanned is the simple past and past participle of overspan.

Words near overspanned in the dictionary

  1. overspacing
  2. overspacious
  3. overspaciousness
  4. overspan
  5. overspangled
  6. overspanned
  7. overspanning
  8. overspans
  9. oversparing
  10. oversparingly
  11. oversparred

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overspanned (page history and authors); overspan (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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