oversilver
English
Etymology
over- + silver
Verb
oversilver (third-person singular simple present oversilvers, present participle oversilvering, simple past and past participle oversilvered)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, silver.
- 1877, Jean Leonhard Ver Mehr, Checkered Life: In the Old and New World (page 214)
- That night the moon was nearly full, and its soft light oversilvered the beautiful Leman.
- 1877, Jean Leonhard Ver Mehr, Checkered Life: In the Old and New World (page 214)