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overhoped

overhoped is the simple past and past participle of overhope.

Meaning of overhope

Verb

overhope (third-person singular simple present overhopes, present participle overhoping, simple past and past participle overhoped)

  1. To hope excessively; presume.
    • If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.1919, The Country gentleman, volume 84
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To hope constantly.

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Questions about overhoped

What is overhoped the simple past and past participle of?
Overhoped is the simple past and past participle of overhope.

Words near overhoped in the dictionary

  1. overhook
  2. overhooked
  3. overhooking
  4. overhooks
  5. overhope
  6. overhoped
  7. overhopes
  8. overhoping
  9. overhopped
  10. overhot
  11. overhours

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