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overimpose

overimpose verb: to impose too much or too often.

Verb

overimpose (third-person singular simple present overimposes, present participle overimposing, simple past and past participle overimposed)

  1. (transitive) To impose too much or too often.
    • a state that overimposes capital punishment
    • an attempt to overimpose order on a teenager's messy bedroom

Forms of overimpose

third-person singular presentoverimposes
present participleoverimposing
past participleoverimposed
pastoverimposed

Origin of overimpose

From over- + impose.

Words formed from overimpose

Questions about overimpose

What does overimpose mean?
Overimpose means to impose too much or too often.
What part of speech is overimpose?
Overimpose is a verb.
What is the past tense of overimpose?
The past tense of overimpose is overimposed.

Words near overimpose in the dictionary

  1. overimportation
  2. overimported
  3. overimporting
  4. overimports
  5. overimposable
  6. overimpose
  7. overimposed
  8. overimposes
  9. overimposing
  10. overimpress
  11. overimpressed

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