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overstricken

overstricken is the past participle of overstrike.

Meaning of overstrike

Verb

overstrike (third-person singular simple present overstrikes, present participle overstriking, simple past overstruck, past participle overstruck or (rare) overstricken)

  1. (obsolete, reflexive) To overreach oneself while striking.
    • For as he in his rage him overstrooke, / He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, / His side all bare and naked overtooke, / And with his mortal steel quite through the body strooke.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To cover up (a design, mark etc.) by stamping another on top of it; to superimpose a mark or logo on (a coin, stamp, etc.).
  3. (transitive) To strike (something) too hard.

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Questions about overstricken

What is overstricken the past participle of?
Overstricken is the past participle of overstrike.

Words near overstricken in the dictionary

  1. overstrew
  2. overstrewed
  3. overstrewing
  4. overstrewn
  5. overstrews
  6. overstricken
  7. overstrict
  8. overstrictly
  9. overstrictness
  10. overstridden
  11. overstride

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