Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- prep. & adverb Over.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A contraction, generally a poetical contraction, of over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition Poetic A contr. of
over .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb literary Contraction of
over - preposition literary Contraction of
over
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb throughout a period of time
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Examples
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A good choice for the "gloomy days" of winter, readers will no doubt think of the tunnels they're coursing through when they consider the "o'er darkened ways made for our searching":
John Lundberg: New York's Subway Replaces Poetry With More Ads John Lundberg 2011
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A good choice for the "gloomy days" of winter, readers will no doubt think of the tunnels they're coursing through when they consider the "o'er darkened ways made for our searching":
John Lundberg: New York's Subway Replaces Poetry With More Ads John Lundberg 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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A good choice for the "gloomy days" of winter, readers will no doubt think of the tunnels they're coursing through when they consider the "o'er darkened ways made for our searching":
John Lundberg: New York's Subway Replaces Poetry With More Ads John Lundberg 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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It came o'er my ear like the sweet sound of newly arriving Bard freshman eager to experience this spectacular operatic production comedy, romance and drama set against Strauss's brilliant orchestral score, whilst relishing other rich works of literature and honing their writing skills in this, their first fantastical college orientation.
C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: If Music Be the Food.... C. M. Rubin 2011
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A good choice for the "gloomy days" of winter, readers will no doubt think of the tunnels they're coursing through when they consider the "o'er darkened ways made for our searching":
John Lundberg: New York's Subway Replaces Poetry With More Ads John Lundberg 2011
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