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overstarved

overstarved is the simple past and past participle of overstarve.

Meaning of overstarve

Verb

overstarve (third-person singular simple present overstarves, present participle overstarving, simple past and past participle overstarved)

  1. (rare) To starve too much.
    • To overstarving Asia the reputation of Australians is extremely high1966, Australian Territories, volume 6, page 48

Questions about overstarved

What is overstarved the simple past and past participle of?
Overstarved is the simple past and past participle of overstarve.

Words near overstarved in the dictionary

  1. overstared
  2. overstares
  3. overstaring
  4. overstarvation
  5. overstarve
  6. overstarved
  7. overstarving
  8. overstate
  9. overstated
  10. overstatedness
  11. overstately

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