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overwinging

overwinging is the present participle and gerund of overwing.

Meaning of overwing

Verb

overwing (third-person singular simple present overwings, present participle overwinging, simple past and past participle overwinged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To outflank.
    • Souldiers therabout , which gather'd to him , were neer upon ten thousand ; and purposing with those not to deferr Battel , had chos'n a place narrow , and not to be overwing'd, on his rear a Wood1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

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Questions about overwinging

What is overwinging the present participle and gerund of?
Overwinging is the present participle and gerund of overwing.

Words near overwinging in the dictionary

  1. overwinding
  2. overwindings
  3. overwinds
  4. overwing
  5. overwinged
  6. overwinging
  7. overwings
  8. overwinning
  9. overwins
  10. overwinter
  11. overwintered

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