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overimitate

overimitate verb: to imitate excessively.

Verb

overimitate (third-person singular simple present overimitates, present participle overimitating, simple past and past participle overimitated)

  1. (transitive) To imitate excessively.

Forms of overimitate

third-person singular presentoverimitates
present participleoverimitating
past participleoverimitated
pastoverimitated

Origin of overimitate

From over- + imitate.

Questions about overimitate

What does overimitate mean?
Overimitate means to imitate excessively.
What part of speech is overimitate?
Overimitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overimitate?
The past tense of overimitate is overimitated.

Words near overimitate in the dictionary

  1. overimagine
  2. overimagined
  3. overimagines
  4. overimaging
  5. overimagining
  6. overimitate
  7. overimitated
  8. overimitates
  9. overimitating
  10. overimitation
  11. overimitative

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