overstare

English

Etymology

over- +‎ stare

Verb

overstare (third-person singular simple present overstares, present participle overstaring, simple past and past participle overstared)

  1. (obsolete) To stare wildly.
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  2. (obsolete) To outstare.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overstare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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