Definition of Overwore

1. overwear [v] - See also: overwear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwore

overwise
overwit
overwithheld
overwithhold
overwithholding
overwithholds
overwits
overwitted
overwitting
overword
overworded
overwordiness
overwording
overwords
overwordy
overwore (current term)
overwork
overworked
overworking
overworks
overworld
overworld map
overworld maps
overworlds
overworn
overwound
overwrap
overwrapped
overwrapping
overwraps

Literary usage of Overwore

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

1. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, John Davenport, Guglielmo Comelati (1873)
"overwore, pass, del vería to overwear. To Overwork, va (pass, e part, overworked о overwrought,) \.far ..."

2. A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages, based upon that of by John Davenport, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"To Overwear, va (pass, overwore, part, overworn,) 1. portare, ... overwore, pass, del verbo to overwear. Overworn, a. 1. part, del verbo to overwear ..."

3. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington by Richard Robert Madden (1855)
"Could I hare bound these arthritic heels of mine with the small light pinions of the only god who overwore wings to his, I should, e;e now, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith, Great Britain Court of Queen's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1863)
"By the earlier statutes the whole overwore of parish was empowered to appoint a Burial Board without ^.™* any limitation; subsequently, smaller parishes or ..."

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