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overencouraging

overencouraging is the present participle and gerund of overencourage.

Meaning of overencourage

Verb

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

  1. To encourage too much.

Questions about overencouraging

What is overencouraging the present participle and gerund of?
Overencouraging is the present participle and gerund of overencourage.

Words near overencouraging in the dictionary

  1. overenchants
  2. overencourage
  3. overencouraged
  4. overencouragement
  5. overencourages
  6. overencouraging
  7. overencumber
  8. overencumbered
  9. overencumbering
  10. overencumbers
  11. overencumbrance

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