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overveil

overveil verb: to veil or cover.

Verb

overveil (third-person singular simple present overveils, present participle overveiling, simple past and past participle overveiled)

  1. (transitive) To veil or cover.
  2. (transitive) To veil or cover too much.

Forms of overveil

third-person singular presentoverveils
present participleoverveiling
past participleoverveiled
pastoverveiled

Origin of overveil

From over- + veil.

Words that rhyme with overveil

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Questions about overveil

What does overveil mean?
Overveil means to veil or cover.
What part of speech is overveil?
Overveil is a verb.
What is the past tense of overveil?
The past tense of overveil is overveiled.

Words near overveil in the dictionary

  1. overvaulted
  2. overvaulting
  3. overvaults
  4. overvehemence
  5. overvehement
  6. overveil
  7. overveiled
  8. overveiling
  9. overveils
  10. overvenerate
  11. overvenerated

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