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/ˈoʊvərʃˈædoʊ/ Listen

verb

Overshadow v. t. (past & past part. overshadowed; pres. part. overshadowing)

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. "There was a cloud that overshadowed them."

Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than.

To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival.

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Etymology of 'Overshadow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... battle, Sahib, one does not always think of the morrow." But Ahmed's head fell and his chin touched his breast. That he, Ahmed, of the secret service, should let spite overshadow forethought and to be called to account for it! He ...

— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath

... daughter of a wife whom you loved, and who would find in the grave no rest if she knew how you are racking and torturing me. My mother, my mother, if thy spirit is near me, come and protect me. Let thy mild looks overshadow my head, and breathe a breath of thy love into the heart of this cruel father, who is ready to sacrifice his child on ...

— Henry VIII And His Court • Louise Muhlbach

... rounded, colour a fine clear grey in winter, with a moderately large disk; pale rufous in summer." Hodgson writes of the horns: "Pedicles elevate; burrs rather small; two basal antlers, nearly straight, so forward in direction as to overshadow the face to the end of the nasal; larger than the royal antlers; median or royal antlers directed forward and upwards; beam with a terminal fork, the prongs radiating laterally and equally, the inner one longest and thinnest." Jerdon adds: "Compared with the Kashmir stag this one has the beam ...

— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale

... was soft and glossy, always free from powder, and cunningly arranged so as to slightly overshadow the upper ...

— The Elusive Pimpernel • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... grave—sometimes with reddened eyes. But at all times, as Mrs. Colwood soon began to realize, there was but a thin line of division between her gayety and some inexplicable sadness, some unspoken grief, which seemed to rise upon her and overshadow her, like a cloud tangled in the woods of spring. Mrs. Colwood could only suppose that these times of silence and eclipse were connected in some way with her father and her loss of him. But whenever they occurred, Mrs. Colwood found her own mind invincibly recalled to that name ...

— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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