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overmarching

overmarching is the present participle and gerund of overmarch.

Meaning of overmarch

Verb

overmarch (third-person singular simple present overmarches, present participle overmarching, simple past and past participle overmarched)

  1. (transitive) To cause to march too far, or too often; to exhaust by marching.
    • They had been overmarched and underfed and they had been ruinously beaten by the Rebels. Someone would have to work on them before they would amount to much as fighting troops.1953, Bruce Catton, The army of the Potomac

Questions about overmarching

What is overmarching the present participle and gerund of?
Overmarching is the present participle and gerund of overmarch.

Words near overmarching in the dictionary

  1. overmap
  2. overmaps
  3. overmarch
  4. overmarched
  5. overmarches
  6. overmarching
  7. overmargin
  8. overmargined
  9. overmargining
  10. overmargins
  11. overmarinated

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