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overaffects

overaffects is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overaffects

What is overaffects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overaffects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overaffect.

Words near overaffects in the dictionary

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

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