overreplace
overreplace verb: to replace in excess.
Verb
overreplace (third-person singular simple present overreplaces, present participle overreplacing, simple past and past participle overreplaced)
- To replace in excess
- While it is a common error to overreplace blood losses and to give too great volumes of electrolyte solutions to elderly patients, it is just as common to give too little.1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, →ISBN, page 200
Forms of overreplace
| third-person singular present | overreplaces |
|---|---|
| present participle | overreplacing |
| past participle | overreplaced |
| past | overreplaced |
Origin of overreplace
From over- + replace.
Questions about overreplace
- What does overreplace mean?
- Overreplace means to replace in excess.
- What part of speech is overreplace?
- Overreplace is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overreplace?
- The past tense of overreplace is overreplaced.
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