overpicture

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verb

To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.

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Meanings

verboverpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

present singular third person overpictures · participle present overpicturing · participle past overpictured · past overpictured

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.

    O'er-picturing that Venus

    c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From over- + picture.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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