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overglorify

overglorify verb: to glorify excessively; to praise too much.

Verb

overglorify (third-person singular simple present overglorifies, present participle overglorifying, simple past and past participle overglorified)

  1. To glorify excessively; to praise too much.
    • Abraham Lincoln is often overglorified in elementary school classrooms.

Forms of overglorify

third-person singular presentoverglorifies
present participleoverglorifying
past participleoverglorified
pastoverglorified

Origin of overglorify

From over- + glorify.

Questions about overglorify

What does overglorify mean?
Overglorify means to glorify excessively; to praise too much.
What part of speech is overglorify?
Overglorify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overglorify?
The past tense of overglorify is overglorified.

Words near overglorify in the dictionary

  1. overgloomy
  2. overglorification
  3. overglorifications
  4. overglorified
  5. overglorifies
  6. overglorify
  7. overglorifying
  8. overglorious
  9. overgloss
  10. overglossed
  11. overglosses

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