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overserve

overserve verb: to serve too much (especially alcohol to an intoxicated person).

Verb

overserve (third-person singular simple present overserves, present participle overserving, simple past and past participle overserved)

  1. (transitive) To serve too much (especially alcohol to an intoxicated person).

Forms of overserve

third-person singular presentoverserves
present participleoverserving
past participleoverserved
pastoverserved

Origin of overserve

From over- + serve.

Questions about overserve

What does overserve mean?
Overserve means to serve too much (especially alcohol to an intoxicated person).
What part of speech is overserve?
Overserve is a verb.
What is the past tense of overserve?
The past tense of overserve is overserved.

Words near overserve in the dictionary

  1. oversentimentalizing
  2. oversentimentally
  3. overserious
  4. overseriously
  5. overseriousness
  6. overserve
  7. overserved
  8. overserves
  9. overservice
  10. overserviced
  11. overservices

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