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overnourish

overnourish verb: to nourish excessively.

Verb

overnourish (third-person singular simple present overnourishes, present participle overnourishing, simple past and past participle overnourished)

  1. (transitive) To nourish excessively.
    • We prate about our civilisation and humanity, but those of us who do not carry hypocrisy to the length of self-deception know that underneath our starched shirts there lurks the savage, with all his savage instincts untouched. Occasionally he may be wanted, but we never need fear his dying out. On...1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel

Forms of overnourish

third-person singular presentovernourishes
present participleovernourishing
past participleovernourished
pastovernourished

Origin of overnourish

From over- + nourish.

Words formed from overnourish

Questions about overnourish

What does overnourish mean?
Overnourish means to nourish excessively.
What part of speech is overnourish?
Overnourish is a verb.
What is the past tense of overnourish?
The past tense of overnourish is overnourished.

Words near overnourish in the dictionary

  1. overnitrated
  2. overnoise
  3. overnoised
  4. overnoises
  5. overnoising
  6. overnourish
  7. overnourished
  8. overnourishes
  9. overnourishing
  10. overnourishment
  11. overnumber

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