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overfortify

overfortify verb: to fortify excessively.

Verb

overfortify (third-person singular simple present overfortifies, present participle overfortifying, simple past and past participle overfortified)

  1. (transitive) To fortify excessively.
    • a food overfortified with vitamins

Forms of overfortify

third-person singular presentoverfortifies
present participleoverfortifying
past participleoverfortified
pastoverfortified

Origin of overfortify

From over- + fortify.

Questions about overfortify

What does overfortify mean?
Overfortify means to fortify excessively.
What part of speech is overfortify?
Overfortify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfortify?
The past tense of overfortify is overfortified.

Words near overfortify in the dictionary

  1. overformatted
  2. overformatting
  3. overfortification
  4. overfortified
  5. overfortifies
  6. overfortify
  7. overfortifying
  8. overforward
  9. overforwardness
  10. overfoul
  11. overfouled

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