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overprizing

overprizing is the present participle and gerund of overprize.

Meaning of overprize

Verb

overprize (third-person singular simple present overprizes, present participle overprizing, simple past and past participle overprized)

  1. (transitive) To prize excessively; to overvalue.
    • […] a very pardonable facility in the Parents themselves to overprize their own Children, while thy behold them through the vapors of affection which alter the appearance […]1651, Henry Wotton, “A Surveigh of Education”, in Reliquiae Wottonianae, London: R. Marriot, page 320

Questions about overprizing

What is overprizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overprizing is the present participle and gerund of overprize.

Words near overprizing in the dictionary

  1. overprivileged
  2. overprivilegedness
  3. overprize
  4. overprized
  5. overprizes
  6. overprizing
  7. overprocess
  8. overprocessed
  9. overprocesses
  10. overprocessing
  11. overprocrastination

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