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oversoured

oversoured is the simple past and past participle of oversour.

Meaning of oversour

Verb

oversour (third-person singular simple present oversours, present participle oversouring, simple past and past participle oversoured)

  1. (intransitive) To become too sour.
    • On warm days the milk might oversour, while on cooler days it would be found comparatively sweet unless a good deal of attention was given to keeping the temperature where it would sour in the proper length of time.1914, John Michels, Creamery Butter-making, page 85

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Questions about oversoured

What is oversoured the simple past and past participle of?
Oversoured is the simple past and past participle of oversour.

Words near oversoured in the dictionary

  1. oversot
  2. oversoul
  3. oversouling
  4. oversouls
  5. oversour
  6. oversoured
  7. oversouring
  8. oversours
  9. oversow
  10. oversowed
  11. oversowing

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