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English
Etymology
From over- + eye.
Verb
overeye (third-person singular simple present overeyes, present participle overeyeing or overeying, simple past and past participle overeyed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To superintend; inspect; observe; witness.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye.