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overshadeverb
To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Overshadeverb
To cover with any thing that causes darkness.
Etymology: over and shade.
Black night o’er-shade thy day, and death thy life. William Shakespeare.
Dark cloudy death o’er-shades his beams of life,
And he nor sees, nor hears us. William Shakespeare.No great and mighty subject might eclipse or over-shade the imperial power. Francis Bacon.
If a wood of leaves o’er-shade the tree,
In vain the hind shall vex the threshing floor,
For empty chaff and straw will be thy store. Dryden.Should we mix our friendly talk,
O’er-shaded in that fav’rite walk;
Both pleas’d with all we thought we wanted. Matthew Prior.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Overshade
ō-vėr-shād′, v.t. to throw a shade over.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of overshade in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of overshade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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