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overprotects

overprotects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overprotect.

Meaning of overprotect

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

Questions about overprotects

What is overprotects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overprotects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overprotect.

Words near overprotects in the dictionary

  1. overprotectiveness
  2. overprotectivism
  3. overprotectivity
  4. overprotector
  5. overprotectors
  6. overprotects
  7. overprotracted
  8. overprotraction
  9. overproud
  10. overprove
  11. overproved

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