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oversay

oversay verb: to say over again; to repeat.

Verb

oversay (third-person singular simple present oversays, present participle oversaying, simple past and past participle oversaid)

  1. To say over again; to repeat.
    • Here you are safe , sad cousin ; if you please , May over-say the circumstance of what You late discours'd1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial

Forms of oversay

third-person singular presentoversays
present participleoversaying
past participleoversaid
pastoversaid

Origin of oversay

From over- + say.

Questions about oversay

What does oversay mean?
Oversay means to say over again; to repeat.
What part of speech is oversay?
Oversay is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversay?
The past tense of oversay is oversaid.

Words near oversay in the dictionary

  1. oversaver
  2. oversavers
  3. oversaves
  4. oversaving
  5. oversaw
  6. oversay
  7. oversaying
  8. oversays
  9. overscale
  10. overscaled
  11. overscaling

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