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overstares

overstares is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overstares

What is overstares the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overstares is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overstare.

Words near overstares in the dictionary

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

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