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overaccent

overaccent verb: to accent too much.

Verb

overaccent (third-person singular simple present overaccents, present participle overaccenting, simple past and past participle overaccented)

  1. (transitive) To accent too much.

Forms of overaccent

third-person singular presentoveraccents
present participleoveraccenting
past participleoveraccented
pastoveraccented

Origin of overaccent

From over- + accent.

Questions about overaccent

What does overaccent mean?
Overaccent means to accent too much.
What part of speech is overaccent?
Overaccent is a verb.
What is the past tense of overaccent?
The past tense of overaccent is overaccented.

Words near overaccent in the dictionary

  1. overaccelerate
  2. overaccelerated
  3. overaccelerates
  4. overaccelerating
  5. overacceleration
  6. overaccent
  7. overaccented
  8. overaccenting
  9. overaccents
  10. overaccentuate
  11. overaccentuated

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