† overgazev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To dazzle with gazing.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > dazzle with gazing
overgaze1600
1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours sig. E2v Oh, that..his eyes [were], not ouergazed, In Mineruas excellences.
2. transitive. To gaze over, overlook.In quot. 1816 in present participle as the second element of a compound.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look over
overgaze1816
the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy a height over or dominate
overstandeOE
overview1564
domain1589
command1610
supervise1624
overlook1632
domineer1812
overgaze1816
see1829
dominate1833
rake1842
overbendc1886
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xci. 50 His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains.
1879 A. T. de Vere Legends Saxon Saints 41 Meadow banks, Not yet o'er-gazed by Windsor's crested steep Or Reading's tower.
1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. VI. ii. 347 She clomb a rock which over-gazed the village.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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