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Definition of Overcloy
1. v. t. To fill beyond satiety.
Definition of Overcloy
1. Verb. (transitive) To fill beyond satiety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcloy
1. to eat to excess [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcloy
Literary usage of Overcloy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"30 Into my heart more joy And gladness thou hast put, Than when a year of glut
Their stores doth overcloy, And from their plenteous grounds 35 With vast ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"Why joyful Widows, when their husbands die, With Venus' pleasures dull'd and
overcloy'd. Might this object, but yet you see they try; Because they think, ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1875)
"But shall I not be overcloy'd with love 1 Will you not be too busy ? shall I keep
My chamber by the month, if I be pleas'd To take physic, ..."
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