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overschool

overschool verb: to school to excess; to give too much training.

Verb

overschool (third-person singular simple present overschools, present participle overschooling, simple past and past participle overschooled)

  1. To school to excess; to give too much training.
    • It is impossible to overeducate, but it is very possible to overschool.1898, William Jay Youmans, Appletons' Popular Science Monthly - Volume 53, page 490
    • Ride to keep him fit and maybe do a few downward transitions to be sure he's light in hand, but don't overschool your horse on maneuvers.2011, Mike Major, Fran Devereux Smith, Ranch-Horse Versatility: A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides, page 117

Forms of overschool

third-person singular presentoverschools
present participleoverschooling
past participleoverschooled
pastoverschooled

Origin of overschool

From over- + school.

Questions about overschool

What does overschool mean?
Overschool means to school to excess; to give too much training.
What part of speech is overschool?
Overschool is a verb.
What is the past tense of overschool?
The past tense of overschool is overschooled.

Words near overschool in the dictionary

  1. overschedule
  2. overscheduled
  3. overschedules
  4. overscheduling
  5. overschematization
  6. overschool
  7. overschooled
  8. overschooling
  9. overschools
  10. overscore
  11. overscored

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