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overencourage

overencourage verb: to encourage too much.

Verb

overencourage (third-person singular simple present overencourages, present participle overencouraging, simple past and past participle overencouraged)

  1. To encourage too much.

Forms of overencourage

third-person singular presentoverencourages
present participleoverencouraging
past participleoverencouraged
pastoverencouraged

Origin of overencourage

From over- + encourage.

Questions about overencourage

What does overencourage mean?
Overencourage means to encourage too much.
What part of speech is overencourage?
Overencourage is a verb.
What is the past tense of overencourage?
The past tense of overencourage is overencouraged.

Words near overencourage in the dictionary

  1. overenchant
  2. overenchanted
  3. overenchanting
  4. overenchantment
  5. overenchants
  6. overencourage
  7. overencouraged
  8. overencouragement
  9. overencourages
  10. overencouraging
  11. overencumber

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