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verboverlean (third-person singular simple present overleans, present participle overleaning, simple past and past participle overleant or overleaned)
present singular third person overleans · participle present overleaning · participle past overleant · past overleant · participle past overleaned · past overleaned
- transitiveTo lean over.
Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]
1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep
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overlean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlean
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“overlean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlean. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlean,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlean.
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