Overeye

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To superintend; inspect; observe; witness. obsolete, transitive

    "Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye."

Example

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"Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye."

Etymology

From over- + eye.

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