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overstared

overstared is the simple past and past participle of overstare.

Meaning of overstare

Verb

overstare (third-person singular simple present overstares, present participle overstaring, simple past and past participle overstared)

  1. (obsolete) To stare wildly.
    • an overstaring frounced heada. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […]...
  2. (obsolete) To outstare.
    • I would o'erstare the sternest eyes that lookc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about overstared

What is overstared the simple past and past participle of?
Overstared is the simple past and past participle of overstare.

Words near overstared in the dictionary

  1. overstarch
  2. overstarched
  3. overstarches
  4. overstarching
  5. overstare
  6. overstared
  7. overstares
  8. overstaring
  9. overstarvation
  10. overstarve
  11. overstarved

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