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overdignify

overdignify verb: to dignify excessively.

Verb

overdignify (third-person singular simple present overdignifies, present participle overdignifying, simple past and past participle overdignified)

  1. (transitive) To dignify excessively.

Forms of overdignify

third-person singular presentoverdignifies
present participleoverdignifying
past participleoverdignified
pastoverdignified

Origin of overdignify

From over- + dignify.

Questions about overdignify

What does overdignify mean?
Overdignify means to dignify excessively.
What part of speech is overdignify?
Overdignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdignify?
The past tense of overdignify is overdignified.

Words near overdignify in the dictionary

  1. overdiffuse
  2. overdigestion
  3. overdight
  4. overdignified
  5. overdignifies
  6. overdignify
  7. overdignifying
  8. overdignity
  9. overdilation
  10. overdiligence
  11. overdiligent

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