overperch

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verb

To perch upon; to fly over.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verboverperch (third-person singular simple present overperches, present participle overperching, simple past and past participle overperched)

present singular third person overperches · participle present overperching · participle past overperched · past overperched

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo perch upon; to fly over.

    With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls

    c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
  2. To tower over

Origin

From over- + perch.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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