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- verb Present participle of
overwalk .
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Examples
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-- He and Mrs. Wordsworth, but too naturally impressed with the mischief of overwalking in the case of women, took up a wholly mistaken notion that I walked too much.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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When her mind was gone, and she was dying by inches, Mrs. Wordsworth offered me the serious warning that she gave whenever occasion allowed, against overwalking.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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He supposed its cause to be overwalking in the snow, and that this had aggravated the suffering is very likely; but, read by the light of what followed, it may now be presumed to have had more serious origin.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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