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overblacken

overblacken verb: to blacken excessively.

Verb

overblacken (third-person singular simple present overblackens, present participle overblackening, simple past and past participle overblackened)

  1. (transitive) To blacken excessively.

Forms of overblacken

third-person singular presentoverblackens
present participleoverblackening
past participleoverblackened
pastoverblackened

Origin of overblacken

From over- + blacken.

Questions about overblacken

What does overblacken mean?
Overblacken means to blacken excessively.
What part of speech is overblacken?
Overblacken is a verb.
What is the past tense of overblacken?
The past tense of overblacken is overblackened.

Words near overblacken in the dictionary

  1. overbitten
  2. overbitter
  3. overbitterly
  4. overbitterness
  5. overblack
  6. overblacken
  7. overblackened
  8. overblackening
  9. overblackens
  10. overblame
  11. overblamed

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