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overreplicate

overreplicate verb: to replicate excessively.

Verb

overreplicate (third-person singular simple present overreplicates, present participle overreplicating, simple past and past participle overreplicated)

  1. To replicate excessively

Forms of overreplicate

third-person singular presentoverreplicates
present participleoverreplicating
past participleoverreplicated
pastoverreplicated

Origin of overreplicate

From over- + replicate.

Questions about overreplicate

What does overreplicate mean?
Overreplicate means to replicate excessively.
What part of speech is overreplicate?
Overreplicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overreplicate?
The past tense of overreplicate is overreplicated.

Words near overreplicate in the dictionary

  1. overreplacements
  2. overreplaces
  3. overreplacing
  4. overreplete
  5. overrepletion
  6. overreplicate
  7. overreplicated
  8. overreplicates
  9. overreplicating
  10. overreplication
  11. overreplications

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