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overcertify

overcertify verb: to certify beyond the actual value.

Verb

overcertify (third-person singular simple present overcertifies, present participle overcertifying, simple past and past participle overcertified)

  1. (transitive) To certify beyond the actual value.
    • The Bank of the Commonwealth suspension resulted from overcertifying the checks of its former president, Edward Haight, to the amount of $225,000, of which Mr. Haight could only make good $60,000.1996, Eugene Nelson White, Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias, page 225

Forms of overcertify

third-person singular presentovercertifies
present participleovercertifying
past participleovercertified
pastovercertified

Origin of overcertify

From over- + certify.

Questions about overcertify

What does overcertify mean?
Overcertify means to certify beyond the actual value.
What part of speech is overcertify?
Overcertify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcertify?
The past tense of overcertify is overcertified.

Words near overcertify in the dictionary

  1. overcerebral
  2. overcertification
  3. overcertifications
  4. overcertified
  5. overcertifies
  6. overcertify
  7. overcertifying
  8. overchallenge
  9. overchallenged
  10. overchallenges
  11. overchallenging

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