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overleavening

overleavening is the present participle and gerund of overleaven.

Meaning of overleaven

Verb

overleaven (third-person singular simple present overleavens, present participle overleavening, simple past and past participle overleavened)

  1. To leaven too much.
  2. (broadly, obsolete) To change excessively; to spoil.

Questions about overleavening

What is overleavening the present participle and gerund of?
Overleavening is the present participle and gerund of overleaven.

Words near overleavening in the dictionary

  1. overlearnt
  2. overleather
  3. overleave
  4. overleaven
  5. overleavened
  6. overleavening
  7. overleavens
  8. overled
  9. overlegalization
  10. overlegislate
  11. overlegislated

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