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oversaying

oversaying is the present participle and gerund of oversay.

Meaning of oversay

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

Questions about oversaying

What is oversaying the present participle and gerund of?
Oversaying is the present participle and gerund of oversay.

Words near oversaying in the dictionary

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

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