overeye

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verb

To superintend; inspect; observe; witness.

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Meanings

verbovereye (third-person singular simple present overeyes, present participle overeyeing or (rare) overeying, simple past and past participle overeyed)

present singular third person overeyes · participle present overeyeing · participle present rare overeying · participle past overeyed · past overeyed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo superintend; inspect; observe; witness.

    Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]

Origin

From over- + eye.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overeye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeye.

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