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Meaning of "overveil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERVEIL

overveil  [ˌəʊvəˈveɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERVEIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overveil is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overveil in English.

WHAT DOES OVERVEIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overveil in the English dictionary

The definition of overveil in the dictionary is to cover over.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERVEIL

PRESENT

Present
I overveil
you overveil
he/she/it overveils
we overveil
you overveil
they overveil
Present continuous
I am overveiling
you are overveiling
he/she/it is overveiling
we are overveiling
you are overveiling
they are overveiling
Present perfect
I have overveiled
you have overveiled
he/she/it has overveiled
we have overveiled
you have overveiled
they have overveiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been overveiling
you have been overveiling
he/she/it has been overveiling
we have been overveiling
you have been overveiling
they have been overveiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overveiled
you overveiled
he/she/it overveiled
we overveiled
you overveiled
they overveiled
Past continuous
I was overveiling
you were overveiling
he/she/it was overveiling
we were overveiling
you were overveiling
they were overveiling
Past perfect
I had overveiled
you had overveiled
he/she/it had overveiled
we had overveiled
you had overveiled
they had overveiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been overveiling
you had been overveiling
he/she/it had been overveiling
we had been overveiling
you had been overveiling
they had been overveiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overveil
you will overveil
he/she/it will overveil
we will overveil
you will overveil
they will overveil
Future continuous
I will be overveiling
you will be overveiling
he/she/it will be overveiling
we will be overveiling
you will be overveiling
they will be overveiling
Future perfect
I will have overveiled
you will have overveiled
he/she/it will have overveiled
we will have overveiled
you will have overveiled
they will have overveiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overveiling
you will have been overveiling
he/she/it will have been overveiling
we will have been overveiling
you will have been overveiling
they will have been overveiling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overveil
you would overveil
he/she/it would overveil
we would overveil
you would overveil
they would overveil
Conditional continuous
I would be overveiling
you would be overveiling
he/she/it would be overveiling
we would be overveiling
you would be overveiling
they would be overveiling
Conditional perfect
I would have overveil
you would have overveil
he/she/it would have overveil
we would have overveil
you would have overveil
they would have overveil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overveiling
you would have been overveiling
he/she/it would have been overveiling
we would have been overveiling
you would have been overveiling
they would have been overveiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overveil
we let´s overveil
you overveil
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overveil
Past participle
overveiled
Present Participle
overveiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERVEIL


avail
əˈveɪl
countervail
ˌkaʊntəˈveɪl
paravail
ˈpærəˌveɪl
prevail
prɪˈveɪl
re-avail
ˌriːəˈveɪl
surveil
sɜːˈveɪl
surveille
sɜːˈveɪl
travail
ˈtræveɪl
unveil
ʌnˈveɪl
vail
veɪl
vale
veɪl
veil
veɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERVEIL

overturner
overtype
overurge
overused
overutilisation
overutilise
overutilization
overutilize
overvaluation
overvalue
overview
overviolent
overvivid
overvoltage
overvote
overwarm
overwary
overwash
overwatch
overwater

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERVEIL

abseil
Antheil
brise-soleil
ceil
conseil
corbeil
coup d´oeil
deil
envermeil
humeral veil
island of Reil
nonpareil
seil
Sieg Heil
take the veil
teil
the veil
trompe l´oeil
vermeil
Weil

Synonyms and antonyms of overveil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overveil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERVEIL

Find out the translation of overveil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overveil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overveil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overveil
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overveil
570 millions of speakers

English

overveil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overveil
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overveil
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overveil
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overveil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overveil
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overveil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjajakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overveil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overveil
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overveil
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overveil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overveil
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overveil
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरव्हेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overveil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overveil
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overveil
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overveil
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overveil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overveil
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overveil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overveil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overveil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overveil

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERVEIL»

The term «overveil» is normally little used and occupies the 144.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERVEIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overveil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overveil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overveil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERVEIL»

Discover the use of overveil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overveil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Flower of Paradise: The Institutionalized Use of the ...
One is the lithma or light underveil which covers nose and mouth, and the other is an overveil of gauzy material which is dropped down from the top of the head to cover the whole face. The outer veil may even be doubled if this material is ...
J.G. Kennedy, 1987
2
Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the ...
41 (Color Plate I), provides a picture of the Benedictine nun St Gertrude wearing a white draped wimple and a black overveil; a white line around the overveil may suggest a white underveil. Allowing again for the difference in scale, ...
Laura Fulkerson Hodges, 2005
3
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
1. Out, treacherous villain ! Thou call'st on him that hates thee : it was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. King Lear, 7. To OVERVEIL. To cover ; to conceal. The day begins to break, and night is fled, Whose pitchy mantle overveil' d ...
Swynfen Jervis, 1868
4
The international English and French dictionary
OVERVAIL, V. OVERVEIL. OVERVALUE, o-veur-val'-iou, va. t estimer trop haut, attribuer une trop haute râleur à. 3 faire trop ie cas de , avoir ue trop heute opinion de. OVERVALUATION , ô-veur-ïa-liou-é'- tbeooe, t. estimation trop élevée, trop ...
Léon Smith, Henry Hamilton, 1866
5
The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language ...: ...
Overveil'rd ( p. from overveil) Covered, covered ai with a veil. Overveil'ing (p. a. from overveil) Covering, covering as with a veil. Overvo'te {v. t.from over, and vote ) To conquer by я majority of votes. Overvo'ted ( p. from overvotc) Conquered by ...
John Ash, 1775
6
Qatari women, past and present
The head cover, al Hsaba, is a square piece of black cloth, usually very light, which is folded into a triangular shape, and is then wrapped around the head. Finally, there is the overveil, which covers the head and the rest of the body from head ...
Abeer Abu Saud, 1984
7
Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons ... ...
This chase costs many lives; inctthe thick sogs, which on a sudden oVerveil the whole country , the hunters lose themselves on the ice, and are sterved; sometimes the frequent showers render the rocks so tlippery that there is no firm sooting ...
William Coxe, 1802
8
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Vanish: longvanished. Vanquish: unvanquished. Vantage: advantage; doublevantage. Varnish: newvarnished;unvarnished. Vassal: waitingvassal. Vault: prettyvaulting. Veil: overveil; unveil. Vein: blueveined; livervein. Venerable: unvenerable.
Alexander Schmidt, 2012
9
An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language in which ...
Shakespear has To OvERvEIL. These words may be used in every form of metaphor in which consistency with their literal origin can be preserved. A VEIL, or VAIL, generally speaking, is any thing that conceals; but, in a specific sense, it is the ...
David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.), 1835
10
The Triumphs of Gods Revenge Against the Crying and ...
... as he flattereth himself it will make him fortunate. , Now, the better to root and confirm this opinion of his temperancy in his mothers conceit and mind, and so the more secretly to overveil his excessive affection and addiction to Drunkenness, ...
John Reynolds, 1679

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