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oversatisfy

oversatisfy verb: to do more than satisfy; to go beyond the requirements or wants of.

Verb

oversatisfy (third-person singular simple present oversatisfies, present participle oversatisfying, simple past and past participle oversatisfied)

  1. (transitive) To do more than satisfy; to go beyond the requirements or wants of.

Forms of oversatisfy

third-person singular presentoversatisfies
present participleoversatisfying
past participleoversatisfied
pastoversatisfied

Origin of oversatisfy

From over- + satisfy.

Questions about oversatisfy

What does oversatisfy mean?
Oversatisfy means to do more than satisfy; to go beyond the requirements or wants of.
What part of speech is oversatisfy?
Oversatisfy is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversatisfy?
The past tense of oversatisfy is oversatisfied.

Words near oversatisfy in the dictionary

  1. oversanitization
  2. oversat
  3. oversated
  4. oversatisfied
  5. oversatisfies
  6. oversatisfy
  7. oversatisfying
  8. oversaturate
  9. oversaturated
  10. oversaturates
  11. oversaturating

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