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overrife

overrife adjective: excessively rife.

Adjective

overrife (comparative more overrife, superlative most overrife)

  1. Excessively rife.

Forms of overrife

comparativemore overrife
superlativemost overrife

Origin of overrife

From over- + rife.

Questions about overrife

What does overrife mean?
Overrife means excessively rife.
What part of speech is overrife?
Overrife is an adjective.

Words near overrife in the dictionary

  1. overriding
  2. overriding one's commission
  3. overridingly
  4. overridingness
  5. overridings
  6. overrife
  7. overrigged
  8. overrighteous
  9. overrighteously
  10. overrigid
  11. overrigidity

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