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overpreaches

overpreaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpreach.

Meaning of overpreach

Verb

overpreach (third-person singular simple present overpreaches, present participle overpreaching, simple past and past participle overpreached)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

Questions about overpreaches

What is overpreaches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpreaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpreach.

Words near overpreaches in the dictionary

  1. overpraises
  2. overpraising
  3. overpraisings
  4. overpreach
  5. overpreached
  6. overpreaches
  7. overpreaching
  8. overprecaution
  9. overprecautions
  10. overprecious
  11. overprecise

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