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overurging

overurging is the present participle and gerund of overurge.

Meaning of overurge

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.

Questions about overurging

What is overurging the present participle and gerund of?
Overurging is the present participle and gerund of overurge.

Words near overurging in the dictionary

  1. overuns
  2. overurbanization
  3. overurge
  4. overurged
  5. overurges
  6. overurging
  7. overusage
  8. overuse
  9. overused
  10. overuser
  11. overusers

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