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overaffecting

overaffecting is the present participle and gerund 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 overaffecting

What is overaffecting the present participle and gerund of?
Overaffecting is the present participle and gerund of overaffect.

Words near overaffecting in the dictionary

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

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