Overgreen
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover with greenery or a green color. poetic, transitive
"[…] all the rocks and roots With olden film were overgreened; the pool, Broadened from falling water, sparkled with fires Of shafted crystal, and the sounding drops Splintered their fleeting pearl against the stone."
Example
More examples"[…] all the rocks and roots With olden film were overgreened; the pool, Broadened from falling water, sparkled with fires Of shafted crystal, and the sounding drops Splintered their fleeting pearl against the stone."
Etymology
From over- + green.
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