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overpreaching

overpreaching is the present participle and gerund 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 overpreaching

What is overpreaching the present participle and gerund of?
Overpreaching is the present participle and gerund of overpreach.

Words near overpreaching in the dictionary

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

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