Overcanopy
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To form a canopy over (something). transitive
"I know a banke where the wilde thyme blowes, / Where Oxſlips and the nodding Violet growes, / Quite ouer-cannoped with luſcious woodbine, / With ſweet muſke roſes, and with Eglantine; […]"
Example
More examples"I know a banke where the wilde thyme blowes, / Where Oxſlips and the nodding Violet growes, / Quite ouer-cannoped with luſcious woodbine, / With ſweet muſke roſes, and with Eglantine; […]"
Etymology
From over- + canopy.
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