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overfavor

overfavor verb: to favor excessively; to treat with undue preference.

Verb

overfavor (third-person singular simple present overfavors, present participle overfavoring, simple past and past participle overfavored)

  1. (transitive) To favor excessively; to treat with undue preference.

Forms of overfavor

third-person singular presentoverfavors
present participleoverfavoring
past participleoverfavored
pastoverfavored
alternative formoverfavour

Origin of overfavor

From over- + favor.

Questions about overfavor

What does overfavor mean?
Overfavor means to favor excessively; to treat with undue preference.
What part of speech is overfavor?
Overfavor is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfavor?
The past tense of overfavor is overfavored.

Words near overfavor in the dictionary

  1. overfatness
  2. overfatten
  3. overfattened
  4. overfattening
  5. overfattens
  6. overfavor
  7. overfavored
  8. overfavoring
  9. overfavors
  10. overfavour
  11. overfavoured

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