O`ver*shad"ow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshadowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ] [Cf. Overshade. ]
1.
To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
There was a cloud that overshadowed them.
Mark ix. 7.
2.
Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Milton.
© Webster 1913.