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Definition of Overplied
1. overply [v] - See also: overply
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overplied
Literary usage of Overplied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of John Milton by Charles Symmons (1822)
"The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defense, my
noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side: This thought might ..."
2. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1900)
"The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my
noble task; Of which all Europe rings from side to side. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defense,—my
noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... overplied the lash, Pressed for the goal Î See him creep up and on, Ere the
first mile they 've gone,— Neck and neck, head and head, and nose to nose,— ..."
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