Lexic.us

Definition of Overcloud

1. Verb. Become covered with clouds. "The sky clouded over"

2. Verb. Make obscure or unclear. "The distinction was obscured"

Definition of Overcloud

1. v. t. To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

Definition of Overcloud

1. Verb. To cover, or become covered, with clouds ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overcloud

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcloud

overclears overclimb overclimbed overclimbing overclimbs overclock overclocked overclocker overclockers overclocking

overclocks overclose overclosure overclothe overclothes overcloud (current term) overclouded overclouding overclouds overcloy

overcloyed overcloying overcloys overcluttered overcoach overcoached overcoaches overcoaching overcoat overcoated

Literary usage of Overcloud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"... overcloud. 2. Shelter, protect, cover, hover over. Oversight, ж. I. Superintendence, control, direction, management, supervision, ..."

2. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"... (. l'action de faire parer trop cher ; prix exorbitant ou déraisonnable. To overcloud', va. couvrir de nuages, ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The sense • overcloud ' is old ; Chaucer, CT 1538. See Cast. ... overcloud, to obscure with clouds. (E.) In Dryden, ti. of Virgil, yEn. xi. 1193. See Cloud. ..."

4. The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays by John Keble (1878)
"If such there be, oh, grief and shame to think lhat sight of thee should overcloud theii new-born soul, just waiting on the brink . ..."

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