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oversilver

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ silver.

Verb

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oversilver (third-person singular simple present oversilvers, present participle oversilvering, simple past and past participle oversilvered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, silver.
    • 1877, Jean Leonhard Ver Mehr, Checkered Life: In the Old and New World, page 214:
      That night the moon was nearly full, and its soft light oversilvered the beautiful Leman.