overshade

[ oh-ver-sheyd ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·shad·ed, o·ver·shad·ing.

1. to cast shade over.
2. to make dark or gloomy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overshade¹

First recorded in 1580–90; over- + shade

Example Sentences

Overshade, ō-vėr-shād′, v.t. to throw a shade over.

From Project Gutenberg

And Echo was mute to his leisurely tread,— "How tranquil is nature reposing," he said; He onward advances, where boughs overshade, "How lonely," quoth he—and his footsteps he stayed!

From Project Gutenberg

Or the 1st may rhyme to the two last, the 2d to the 5th, and the 3d and 4th to one another; as, In vain thou drowsie God I thee invoke, For thou who dost from Fumes arise, Then who Man's Soul do'st overshade With a Thick Cloud by Vapours made, Canst have no Pow'r to shut his Eyes, Or passage of his Spirits to choak, Whose Flame's so pure, that it sends up no smoke.Cowl.

From Project Gutenberg

Noon comes, and noon goes, paler twilight is there; Rosy day dons the garb of a Penitent Fair; The patriarch strolls in the path of the maid, Where cornfields are ripe, and awaiting the blade. p. 41And Echo was mute to the patriarch’s tread,— “How tranquil is Nature!” that patriarch said; He onward advances, where boughs overshade A lonelier spot, and the barley is laid.

From Project Gutenberg

Suckers should not be allowed to overshade the graft, though it is best not to remove them until danger of disturbing the graft is past.

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