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overtensing

overtensing is the present participle and gerund of overtense.

Meaning of overtense

Verb

overtense (third-person singular simple present overtenses, present participle overtensing, simple past and past participle overtensed)

  1. (transitive) To make too tense.

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Questions about overtensing

What is overtensing the present participle and gerund of?
Overtensing is the present participle and gerund of overtense.

Words near overtensing in the dictionary

  1. overtenderness
  2. overtense
  3. overtensed
  4. overtenseness
  5. overtenses
  6. overtensing
  7. overtension
  8. overtensioned
  9. overtensioning
  10. overtensions
  11. overtenured

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtensing (page history and authors); overtense (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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