overglide

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verb

To glide over.

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Meanings

verboverglide (third-person singular simple present overglides, present participle overgliding, simple past and past participle overglided)

present singular third person overglides · participle present overgliding · participle past overglided · past overglided

  1. To glide over.

    that ſonne the wych was neuer clowd cowd hide percyth the cave, and on the harpe diſcendes whoſe glancỹg light the cordes did ouerglyde And ſuch luyſter apon the harpe extendes

    c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 91r

Origin

From over- + glide.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Loveridge
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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