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overdrug

overdrug verb: to drug too heavily.

Verb

overdrug (third-person singular simple present overdrugs, present participle overdrugging, simple past and past participle overdrugged)

  1. (transitive) To drug too heavily.
    • The conclusion to which I come is that in mania all drugs are uncertain in their effect; that food, restraint in rooms, with confinement to the bed if necessary, are more important than medicine. Especially is it desirable not to overdrug the patient.1873, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 88, page 53

Forms of overdrug

third-person singular presentoverdrugs
present participleoverdrugging
past participleoverdrugged
pastoverdrugged

Origin of overdrug

From over- + drug.

Questions about overdrug

What does overdrug mean?
Overdrug means to drug too heavily.
What part of speech is overdrug?
Overdrug is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdrug?
The past tense of overdrug is overdrugged.

Words near overdrug in the dictionary

  1. overdrove
  2. overdrown
  3. overdrowned
  4. overdrowning
  5. overdrowns
  6. overdrug
  7. overdrugged
  8. overdrugging
  9. overdrugs
  10. overdrunk
  11. overdrunken

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