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overpet

overpet verb: to pet excessively.

Verb

overpet (third-person singular simple present overpets, present participle overpetting, simple past and past participle overpetted)

  1. (transitive) To pet excessively.
    • Don't overpet the cat, or she may bite!
  2. (transitive) To overindulge; to spoil (a person).

Forms of overpet

third-person singular presentoverpets
present participleoverpetting
past participleoverpetted
pastoverpetted

Origin of overpet

From over- + pet.

Questions about overpet

What does overpet mean?
Overpet means to pet excessively.
What part of speech is overpet?
Overpet is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpet?
The past tense of overpet is overpetted.

Words near overpet in the dictionary

  1. overpersuasion
  2. overpersuasions
  3. overpert
  4. overpessimism
  5. overpessimistic
  6. overpet
  7. overpets
  8. overpetted
  9. overpetting
  10. overphilosophical
  11. overphosphorylation

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