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overurge

overurge verb: to urge excessively.

Verb

overurge (third-person singular simple present overurges, present participle overurging, simple past and past participle overurged)

  1. (transitive) To urge excessively.
    • November 16, 1901, Mark Twain, speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Joseph H. Choate
      He didn't overurge the compliment.
    • The salespeople often overurge the buying of certain supplies and goods, and when the customer reaches home, dissatisfaction or a realization that the purchase was unnecessary, prompts return.1927, The National Druggist, volume 57, page 261

Forms of overurge

third-person singular presentoverurges
present participleoverurging
past participleoverurged
pastoverurged

Origin of overurge

From over- + urge.

Questions about overurge

What does overurge mean?
Overurge means to urge excessively.
What part of speech is overurge?
Overurge is a verb.
What is the past tense of overurge?
The past tense of overurge is overurged.

Words near overurge in the dictionary

  1. overun
  2. overuniform
  3. overunionized
  4. overuns
  5. overurbanization
  6. overurge
  7. overurged
  8. overurges
  9. overurging
  10. overusage
  11. overuse

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