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overprotect

overprotect verb: to protect to an excessive degree; to coddle.

Verb

overprotect (third-person singular simple present overprotects, present participle overprotecting, simple past and past participle overprotected)

  1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

Forms of overprotect

third-person singular presentoverprotects
present participleoverprotecting
past participleoverprotected
pastoverprotected

Origin of overprotect

From over- + protect.

Words formed from overprotect

Questions about overprotect

What does overprotect mean?
Overprotect means to protect to an excessive degree; to coddle.
What part of speech is overprotect?
Overprotect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overprotect?
The past tense of overprotect is overprotected.

Words near overprotect in the dictionary

  1. overprosecutes
  2. overprosecuting
  3. overprosecution
  4. overprosperity
  5. overprosperous
  6. overprotect
  7. overprotected
  8. overprotecting
  9. overprotection
  10. overprotections
  11. overprotective

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