overcast

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERC'AST, verb transitive 1. To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom. The clouds that overcast our morn shall fly. 2. To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high. The king in his account of peace and calms did much overcast his fortunes - 3. To sew over. OVERC'AST, participle passive Clouded; overspread with clouds or gloom. The dawn is overcast Our days of age are sad and overcast
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