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overinitiate

overinitiate verb: to initiate excessively.

Verb

overinitiate (third-person singular simple present overinitiates, present participle overinitiating, simple past and past participle overinitiated)

  1. To initiate excessively

Forms of overinitiate

third-person singular presentoverinitiates
present participleoverinitiating
past participleoverinitiated
pastoverinitiated

Origin of overinitiate

From over- + initiate.

Questions about overinitiate

What does overinitiate mean?
Overinitiate means to initiate excessively.
What part of speech is overinitiate?
Overinitiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinitiate?
The past tense of overinitiate is overinitiated.

Words near overinitiate in the dictionary

  1. Overington
  2. overinhabited
  3. overinhalation
  4. overinhibited
  5. overinhibition
  6. overinitiate
  7. overinitiated
  8. overinitiates
  9. overinitiating
  10. overinitiation
  11. overinitiations

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