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Definition of Overshade
1. v. t. To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Definition of Overshade
1. Verb. To cast a shadow over, to overshadow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overshade
1. [v -SHADED, -SHADING, -SHADES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overshade
Literary usage of Overshade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anacreon by Thomas Stanley, Arthur Henry Bullen (1893)
"Hovering then with wings display'd, I my master overshade ; And if night invite
to rest, ... overshade ..."
2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1859)
"The expression that " the shadow might overshade some one of them," implies that
they were laid perhaps singly in the broad places of many streets, ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"Do not overshade these plants, and the material ... Do not overshade, or the
plante will draw up weakly and not bloom satisfactorily. ..."
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