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overlend

overlend verb: to lend too much.

Verb

overlend (third-person singular simple present overlends, present participle overlending, simple past and past participle overlent)

  1. To lend too much.

Forms of overlend

third-person singular presentoverlends
present participleoverlending
past participleoverlent
pastoverlent

Origin of overlend

From over- + lend.

Questions about overlend

What does overlend mean?
Overlend means to lend too much.
What part of speech is overlend?
Overlend is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlend?
The past tense of overlend is overlent.

Words near overlend in the dictionary

  1. overlegislates
  2. overlegislating
  3. overlegislation
  4. overleisured
  5. overleisurely
  6. overlend
  7. overlending
  8. overlends
  9. overlength
  10. overlengthen
  11. overlengthened

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