OVERPICTURE

Etymology

Verb

overpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*pic"ture, v. t.

Definition: To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 April 2024

TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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