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Overcasting

To overthrow.

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📖 Definitions of "Overcasting"

verb

1
To overthrow.
2
To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
3
To make gloomy; to depress.
4
To be or become cloudy.

noun

1
A spell of overcast weather.

🔄 Synonyms of "Overcasting"

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Word	Definition
overcastnoun	Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

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unweatherverb	(transitive) To undo or reverse the effects of weathering
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offuscationnoun	Obsolete form of obfuscation. [(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.]
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