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overmaking

overmaking is the present participle and gerund of overmake.

Meaning of overmake

Verb

overmake (third-person singular simple present overmakes, present participle overmaking, simple past and past participle overmade)

  1. (transitive) To make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To make over or anew; recreate; remake.
    • In a degree he has to overmake the reading-faculty in every strong-hearted student, who gets to understand him better by repeated perusal […]1921, Denton J. Snider, A Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Questions about overmaking

What is overmaking the present participle and gerund of?
Overmaking is the present participle and gerund of overmake.

Words near overmaking in the dictionary

  1. overmagnifying
  2. overmajorities
  3. overmajority
  4. overmake
  5. overmakes
  6. overmaking
  7. overman
  8. overmanage
  9. overmanaged
  10. overmanagement
  11. overmanages

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