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overembrace

overembrace verb: to embrace too often or to an excessive degree.

Verb

overembrace (third-person singular simple present overembraces, present participle overembracing, simple past and past participle overembraced)

  1. (transitive) to embrace too often or to an excessive degree

Forms of overembrace

third-person singular presentoverembraces
present participleoverembracing
past participleoverembraced
pastoverembraced

Origin of overembrace

From over- + embrace.

Questions about overembrace

What does overembrace mean?
Overembrace means to embrace too often or to an excessive degree.
What part of speech is overembrace?
Overembrace is a verb.
What is the past tense of overembrace?
The past tense of overembrace is overembraced.

Words near overembrace in the dictionary

  1. overembellished
  2. overembellishes
  3. overembellishing
  4. overembellishment
  5. overembellishments
  6. overembrace
  7. overembroider
  8. overembroidered
  9. overembroidering
  10. overembroiders
  11. overemote

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