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overstifle

overstifle verb: to stifle excessively.

Verb

overstifle (third-person singular simple present overstifles, present participle overstifling, simple past and past participle overstifled)

  1. (transitive) To stifle excessively.

Forms of overstifle

third-person singular presentoverstifles
present participleoverstifling
past participleoverstifled
pastoverstifled

Origin of overstifle

From over- + stifle.

Questions about overstifle

What does overstifle mean?
Overstifle means to stifle excessively.
What part of speech is overstifle?
Overstifle is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstifle?
The past tense of overstifle is overstifled.

Words near overstifle in the dictionary

  1. oversteps the line
  2. oversteps the mark
  3. overstept
  4. overstiff
  5. overstiffness
  6. overstifle
  7. overstifled
  8. overstifles
  9. overstifling
  10. overstim
  11. overstimmy

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