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Definition of Overwatches
1. overwatch [v] - See also: overwatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwatches
Literary usage of Overwatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, with by George Chalmers (1822)
"Lord Shrewsbury is very watchful of his charge : " But, the Queen overwatches
them all ; for it is one of the " clock, at least, every night, ..."
2. Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers by Arthur Edward Waite (1888)
"The unbroken bottle was transferred by the new owner as a plaything to his
children, but the providence which in the main overwatches the accomplishment of ..."
3. The Century of Queens: With Sketches of Some Princes of Literature and Art (1873)
"My Lord Shrewsbury is very careful of his charge, but the Queen overwatches them
all, for it is one of the clock at least, every night, ere she go to bed. ..."
4. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles McFarlane (1839)
""My Lord of Shrewsbury," he says, " is very careful of his charge; but the queen
overwatches them all, ..."
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