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overparting

overparting is the present participle and gerund of overpart.

Meaning of overpart

Verb

overpart (third-person singular simple present overparts, present participle overparting, simple past and past participle overparted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To give too important or difficult a part to.
    • almost tir'd i' your Protectorship? overparted, overparted?1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631...

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What is overparting the present participle and gerund of?
Overparting is the present participle and gerund of overpart.

Words near overparting in the dictionary

  1. overparticipation
  2. overparticular
  3. overparticularity
  4. overparticularize
  5. overparticularly
  6. overparting
  7. overpartition
  8. overpartitioned
  9. overpartitioning
  10. overpartitions
  11. overparts

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