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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(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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