overcloud

overcloud
/oh'veuhr klowd"/, v.t.
1. to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
2. to darken; obscure; make gloomy: a childhood that was overclouded by the loss of his parents.
v.i.
3. to become clouded over or overcast: Toward evening the sky began to overcloud.
[1585-95; OVER- + CLOUD]

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