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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overclimb .
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Examples
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The stony path was bordered by brambles, overclimbed by clematis, whose glistening awns were mingled with blackberries, which not even a child troubled to pick.
Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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A little beyond the spot where the Dordogne and the Rue met and embraced uproariously, the path entered a narrow lane bordered by tall hedges chiefly of hazel and briar overclimbed by wild clematis -- well termed the traveller's joy, for it is a beautiful plant that reminds many a wanderer of his far-away home.
Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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The house of Maestro Benedetto was a long stone building, with a loggia at the back all overclimbed by hardy rose trees, and looking on a garden that was more than half an orchard, and in which grew abundantly pear trees, plum trees, and wood strawberries.
Bimbi 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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