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overhate

overhate verb: to hate excessively.

Verb

overhate (third-person singular simple present overhates, present participle overhating, simple past and past participle overhated)

  1. To hate excessively.
    • From sucklings hath thy honor sprung, Thy force hath flow'd from babies tongue: Whereby thou stopp'st thine en'mies prating Bent to revenge and overhating.1599, Sir Philip Sidney, “Psalm VIII. Domine, Dominus”, in The Sidney Psalms
    • The Ermine is, then of immense benefit to the farmer. We are of the opinion that it has been overhated, and too indiscriminately persecuted.1882, Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio - Volume 4, pages 34–35

Forms of overhate

third-person singular presentoverhates
present participleoverhating
past participleoverhated
pastoverhated

Origin of overhate

From over- + hate.

Questions about overhate

What does overhate mean?
Overhate means to hate excessively.
What part of speech is overhate?
Overhate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overhate?
The past tense of overhate is overhated.

Words near overhate in the dictionary

  1. overhasten
  2. overhastened
  3. overhastily
  4. overhastiness
  5. overhasty
  6. overhate
  7. overhated
  8. overhates
  9. overhating
  10. overhatted
  11. overhaughty

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