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overgratify

overgratify verb: to gratify excessively.

Verb

overgratify (third-person singular simple present overgratifies, present participle overgratifying, simple past and past participle overgratified)

  1. (transitive) To gratify excessively.

Forms of overgratify

third-person singular presentovergratifies
present participleovergratifying
past participleovergratified
pastovergratified

Origin of overgratify

over- + gratify

Questions about overgratify

What does overgratify mean?
Overgratify means to gratify excessively.
What part of speech is overgratify?
Overgratify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgratify?
The past tense of overgratify is overgratified.

Words near overgratify in the dictionary

  1. overgrateful
  2. overgratefully
  3. overgratification
  4. overgratified
  5. overgratifies
  6. overgratify
  7. overgratifying
  8. overgratitude
  9. overgraze
  10. overgrazed
  11. overgrazes

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