Overcanopy

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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; […]"

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"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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