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overstratify

overstratify verb: to stratify excessively.

Verb

overstratify (third-person singular simple present overstratifies, present participle overstratifying, simple past and past participle overstratified)

  1. To stratify excessively.

Forms of overstratify

third-person singular presentoverstratifies
present participleoverstratifying
past participleoverstratified
pastoverstratified

Origin of overstratify

From over- + stratify.

Questions about overstratify

What does overstratify mean?
Overstratify means to stratify excessively.
What part of speech is overstratify?
Overstratify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstratify?
The past tense of overstratify is overstratified.

Words near overstratify in the dictionary

  1. overstraps
  2. overstrata
  3. overstratification
  4. overstratified
  5. overstratifies
  6. overstratify
  7. overstratifying
  8. overstratum
  9. overstraw
  10. overstrawed
  11. overstrawing

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