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overgrieve

overgrieve verb: to grieve excessively.

Verb

overgrieve (third-person singular simple present overgrieves, present participle overgrieving, simple past and past participle overgrieved)

  1. To grieve excessively.

Forms of overgrieve

third-person singular presentovergrieves
present participleovergrieving
past participleovergrieved
pastovergrieved

Origin of overgrieve

From over- + grieve.

Questions about overgrieve

What does overgrieve mean?
Overgrieve means to grieve excessively.
What part of speech is overgrieve?
Overgrieve is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgrieve?
The past tense of overgrieve is overgrieved.

Words near overgrieve in the dictionary

  1. overgreen
  2. overgreened
  3. overgreening
  4. overgreens
  5. overgrew
  6. overgrieve
  7. overgrieved
  8. overgrieves
  9. overgrieving
  10. overgrievous
  11. overgrind

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