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overventilate

overventilate verb: to ventilate excessively.

Verb

overventilate (third-person singular simple present overventilates, present participle overventilating, simple past and past participle overventilated)

  1. To ventilate excessively

Forms of overventilate

third-person singular presentoverventilates
present participleoverventilating
past participleoverventilated
pastoverventilated

Origin of overventilate

From over- + ventilate.

Questions about overventilate

What does overventilate mean?
Overventilate means to ventilate excessively.
What part of speech is overventilate?
Overventilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overventilate?
The past tense of overventilate is overventilated.

Words near overventilate in the dictionary

  1. overvenerates
  2. overvenerating
  3. overveneration
  4. overvent
  5. overvented
  6. overventilate
  7. overventilated
  8. overventilates
  9. overventilating
  10. overventilation
  11. overventing

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