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overstaring

overstaring is the present participle and gerund 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 overstaring

What is overstaring the present participle and gerund of?
Overstaring is the present participle and gerund of overstare.

Words near overstaring in the dictionary

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

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