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overproved

overproved is the simple past and past participle of overprove.

Meaning of overprove

Verb

overprove (third-person singular simple present overproves, present participle overproving, simple past overproved, past participle overproved or overproven)

  1. (transitive) to prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required
    • I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place.1994, James McFarlane, The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen

Questions about overproved

What is overproved the simple past and past participle of?
Overproved is the simple past and past participle of overprove.

Words near overproved in the dictionary

  1. overprotects
  2. overprotracted
  3. overprotraction
  4. overproud
  5. overprove
  6. overproved
  7. overproven
  8. overproves
  9. overprovide
  10. overprovided
  11. overprovident

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