overpreach
overpreach verb: to preach excessively.
Verb
overpreach (third-person singular simple present overpreaches, present participle overpreaching, simple past and past participle overpreached)
- To preach excessively.
- Galbraith once wrote, not without irony, that moralists tend to exaggerate the blessings of poverty and overpreach the dangers inherent in wealth.2006, Denis Goulet, Development Ethics at Work: Explorations - 1960-2002, page 35
Forms of overpreach
| third-person singular present | overpreaches |
|---|---|
| present participle | overpreaching |
| past participle | overpreached |
| past | overpreached |
Origin of overpreach
From over- + preach.
Questions about overpreach
- What does overpreach mean?
- Overpreach means to preach excessively.
- What part of speech is overpreach?
- Overpreach is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overpreach?
- The past tense of overpreach is overpreached.
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