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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overaccent en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English overaccent From over- + accent.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To accent too much.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overaccented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overaccented Tense=Past lexicographic
overaccents Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overaccenting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic