overshade, v.
(əʊvəˈʃeɪd)
[over- 8.]
1. trans. = overshadow v. 2.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke i. 35 Þæs heahstan miht þe ofer sceadað [c 1160 Hatton G. ofer-scædeð; Vulg. obumbrabit]. 1594 Greene & Lodge Looking-Gl. Wks. (Grosart) XIV. 113 The hand of mercy ouershead her [the Church's] head. |
2. To cast a shade over; to render gloomy or dark; to overshadow, shade. Also
absol.| 1588 Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iii. 273 The Elder tree Which ouershades the mouth of that same pit. 1667 Milton P.L. v. 376 Lead on then where thy Bowre Oreshades. 1670 Dryden Tyrannic Love i. i, The monster of the wood; O'ershading all which under him would grow. 1727 Desaguliers in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 323 Plants which are overshaded..cannot so well imbibe Air. 1812 Wordsw. Song for Spinning Wheel 5 Dewy night o'ershades the ground. |
| fig. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. vi. 62 Darke cloudy death oreshades his beames of life. 1823 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Old China, A passing sentiment seemed to overshade the brows of my companion. |
Hence
overˈshading ppl. a.| 1601 Chester Love's Mart., Dial. lxi, Pleasant ouershading bowers. |