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overaffected

overaffected is the simple past and past participle of overaffect.

Meaning of overaffect

Verb

overaffect (third-person singular simple present overaffects, present participle overaffecting, simple past and past participle overaffected)

  1. (transitive) To have too great an effect on.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To care for unduly or excessively.
    • if those that overaffect antiquity will follow the square thereof, their bishops must be elected by the hands of the whole church1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Questions about overaffected

What is overaffected the simple past and past participle of?
Overaffected is the simple past and past participle of overaffect.

Words near overaffected in the dictionary

  1. overaerated
  2. overaerates
  3. overaerating
  4. overaeration
  5. overaffect
  6. overaffected
  7. overaffecting
  8. overaffects
  9. overage
  10. overaged
  11. overageness

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