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overassert

overassert verb: to assert too forcefully.

Verb

overassert (third-person singular simple present overasserts, present participle overasserting, simple past and past participle overasserted)

  1. (transitive) To assert too forcefully.

Forms of overassert

third-person singular presentoverasserts
present participleoverasserting
past participleoverasserted
pastoverasserted

Origin of overassert

From over- + assert.

Questions about overassert

What does overassert mean?
Overassert means to assert too forcefully.
What part of speech is overassert?
Overassert is a verb.
What is the past tense of overassert?
The past tense of overassert is overasserted.

Words near overassert in the dictionary

  1. overaspired
  2. overaspires
  3. overaspiring
  4. overassemble
  5. overassembled
  6. overassert
  7. overasserted
  8. overasserting
  9. overassertion
  10. overassertions
  11. overassertive

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