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overarouse

overarouse verb: to arouse excessively.

Verb

overarouse (third-person singular simple present overarouses, present participle overarousing, simple past and past participle overaroused)

  1. (transitive) To arouse excessively.

Forms of overarouse

third-person singular presentoverarouses
present participleoverarousing
past participleoveraroused
pastoveraroused

Origin of overarouse

From over- + arouse.

Questions about overarouse

What does overarouse mean?
Overarouse means to arouse excessively.
What part of speech is overarouse?
Overarouse is a verb.
What is the past tense of overarouse?
The past tense of overarouse is overaroused.

Words near overarouse in the dictionary

  1. overarm
  2. overarmed
  3. overarming
  4. overarms
  5. overarousal
  6. overarouse
  7. overaroused
  8. overarouses
  9. overarousing
  10. overarrange
  11. overarranged

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