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overcanopy

verb

Etymology

From over- + canopy.

  1. derived from κώνωψ — “mosquito”
  2. derived from κωνωπεῖον — “mosquito net”
  3. derived from cōnōpēum — “mosquito net, canopy”
  4. derived from canapeum
  5. derived from conopé
  6. inherited from canapy
  7. prefixed as overcanopy — “over + canopy”

Definitions

  1. To form a canopy over (something).

    • I know a banke where the wilde thyme blowes, / Where Oxſlips and the nodding Violet growes, / Quite ouer-cannoped with luſcious woodbine, / With ſweet muſke roſes, and with Eglantine; […]
    • [G]reen woods overcanopy the wave, / Which like a toil-worn labourer leaps to shore, / To meet the kisses of the flowrets there.

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