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overshade, v.|əʊvəˈʃeɪd|
[over- 8.]
1. trans. = overshadow v. 2.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke i. 35 Þæs heahstan miht þe ofer sceadað [c 1160 Hatton G. ofer-scædeð; Vulg. obumbrabit]. 1594Greene & Lodge Looking-Gl. Wks. (Grosart) XIV. 113 The hand of mercy ouershead her [the Church's] head.
2. To cast a shade over; to render gloomy or dark; to overshadow, shade. Also absol.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iii. 273 The Elder tree Which ouershades the mouth of that same pit. 1667Milton P.L. v. 376 Lead on then where thy Bowre Oreshades. 1670Dryden Tyrannic Love i. i, The monster of the wood; O'ershading all which under him would grow. 1727Desaguliers in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 323 Plants which are overshaded..cannot so well imbibe Air. 1812Wordsw. Song for Spinning Wheel 5 Dewy night o'ershades the ground.
fig.1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. vi. 62 Darke cloudy death oreshades his beames of life. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Old China, A passing sentiment seemed to overshade the brows of my companion.
Hence overˈshading ppl. a.
1601Chester Love's Mart., Dial. lxi, Pleasant ouershading bowers. |