overshade

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verb

To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.

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Meanings

verbovershade (third-person singular simple present overshades, present participle overshading, simple past and past participle overshaded)

present singular third person overshades · participle present overshading · participle past overshaded · past overshaded

  1. To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.

    as a veil, / Waved and o'ershading her wan cheek, appears / Her streaming hair [...].

    1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I

Origin

From over- + shade.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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