"overstare" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overstares [present, singular, third-person], overstaring [participle, present], overstared [participle, past], overstared [past]
Etymology: over- + stare Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|stare}} over- + stare Head templates: {{en-verb}} overstare (third-person singular simple present overstares, present participle overstaring, simple past and past participle overstared)
  1. (obsolete) To stare wildly. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-overstare-en-verb-l3huwjPH
  2. (obsolete) To outstare. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-overstare-en-verb-bDdpYvYw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 33 67

Inflected forms

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