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overlighten

overlighten verb: to make or become too light.

Verb

overlighten (third-person singular simple present overlightens, present participle overlightening, simple past and past participle overlightened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become too light.

Forms of overlighten

third-person singular presentoverlightens
present participleoverlightening
past participleoverlightened
pastoverlightened

Origin of overlighten

From over- + lighten.

Questions about overlighten

What does overlighten mean?
Overlighten means to make or become too light.
What part of speech is overlighten?
Overlighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlighten?
The past tense of overlighten is overlightened.

Words near overlighten in the dictionary

  1. overlier
  2. overliers
  3. overlies
  4. overlight
  5. overlighted
  6. overlighten
  7. overlightened
  8. overlightening
  9. overlightens
  10. overlighting
  11. overlightly

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