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overbrighten

overbrighten verb: to brighten excessively.

Verb

overbrighten (third-person singular simple present overbrightens, present participle overbrightening, simple past and past participle overbrightened)

  1. (transitive) To brighten excessively.

Forms of overbrighten

third-person singular presentoverbrightens
present participleoverbrightening
past participleoverbrightened
pastoverbrightened

Origin of overbrighten

From over- + brighten.

Questions about overbrighten

What does overbrighten mean?
Overbrighten means to brighten excessively.
What part of speech is overbrighten?
Overbrighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbrighten?
The past tense of overbrighten is overbrightened.

Words near overbrighten in the dictionary

  1. overbridges
  2. overbridging
  3. overbridgings
  4. overbrief
  5. overbright
  6. overbrighten
  7. overbrightened
  8. overbrightening
  9. overbrightens
  10. overbrightly
  11. overbrightness

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