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overoperate

overoperate verb: to perform too many surgical operations.

Verb

overoperate (third-person singular simple present overoperates, present participle overoperating, simple past and past participle overoperated)

  1. To perform too many surgical operations.

Forms of overoperate

third-person singular presentoveroperates
present participleoveroperating
past participleoveroperated
pastoveroperated

Origin of overoperate

From over- + operate.

Questions about overoperate

What does overoperate mean?
Overoperate means to perform too many surgical operations.
What part of speech is overoperate?
Overoperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overoperate?
The past tense of overoperate is overoperated.

Words near overoperate in the dictionary

  1. overofficious
  2. overoil
  3. overoiled
  4. overoiling
  5. overoils
  6. overoperate
  7. overoperated
  8. overoperates
  9. overoperating
  10. overopinionated
  11. overoptimism

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