Meanings
verboversilver (third-person singular simple present oversilvers, present participle oversilvering, simple past and past participle oversilvered)
present singular third person oversilvers · participle present oversilvering · participle past oversilvered · past oversilvered
- transitiveTo cover with, or as if with, silver.
That night the moon was nearly full, and its soft light oversilvered the beautiful Leman.
1877, Jean Leonhard Ver Mehr, Checkered Life: In the Old and New World, page 214
Origin
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APA
oversilver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversilver
MLA
“oversilver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversilver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversilver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversilver.
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