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overkept

overkept is the simple past and past participle of overkeep.

Meaning of overkeep

Verb

overkeep (third-person singular simple present overkeeps, present participle overkeeping, simple past and past participle overkept)

  1. (transitive) To keep or observe too strictly.
  2. (transitive) To keep too long.

Questions about overkept

What is overkept the simple past and past participle of?
Overkept is the simple past and past participle of overkeep.

Words near overkept in the dictionary

  1. overkeen
  2. overkeenness
  3. overkeep
  4. overkeeping
  5. overkeeps
  6. overkept
  7. overkest
  8. overkill
  9. overkilled
  10. overkilling
  11. overkills

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overkept (page history and authors); overkeep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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