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▪ I. overˈshadowing, vbl. n. [f. prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. overshadow.
1388Wyclif Jas. i. 17 The fadir of liȝtis, anentis whom is noon other chaungyng, ne ouerschadewyng of reward. 1665J. Spencer Vulg. Proph. Pref., That the Minds of Holy Men should conceive (like the Virgin Mary) by the sole overshadowings of the Holy Ghost. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 326 The visible kingdom of God..underwent an almost total eclipse by the overshadowing of earthly power. ▪ II. overˈshadowing, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That overshadows. Hence overˈshadowingly adv., in an overshadowing manner.
1667Milton P.L. vii. 165 My overshadowing Spirit and might with thee I send along. 1801Southey Thalaba vii. xviii, Large as the hairy Cassowar Was that o'ershadowing Bird. 1824Landor Imag. Conv., Southey & Porson Wks. 1853 I. 81/2 Which rarely happens to literary men overshadowingly great. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. viii. (1858) 319 Those mysterious hills, which close every eastern view with their overshadowing height. |