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overhoping

overhoping is the present participle and gerund 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 overhoping

What is overhoping the present participle and gerund of?
Overhoping is the present participle and gerund of overhope.

Words near overhoping in the dictionary

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

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