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Webster 1913 Edition


Overstare

Oˊver-stare′

,
Verb.
T.
To outstare.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Oˊver-stare′

,
Verb.
I.
To stare wildly.
[Obs.]
Ascham.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overstare

OVERSTA'RE

,
Verb.
T.
To stare wildly. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


overstare

overstare

English

Verb

overstare (third-person singular simple present overstares, present participle overstaring, simple past and past participle overstared)

  1. (obsolete) To stare wildly.
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  2. (obsolete) To outstare.
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