overgaze

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verb

To gaze; to overlook.

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Meanings

verbovergaze (third-person singular simple present overgazes, present participle overgazing, simple past and past participle overgazed)

present singular third person overgazes · participle present overgazing · participle past overgazed · past overgazed

  1. poeticTo gaze; to overlook.

    Earth o'ergazing mountains

    1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XCI

Origin

From over- + gaze.

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overgaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgaze

MLA

“overgaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgaze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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