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overcaffeinate en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + caffeinate.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
    • I have seen people seriously overcaffeinate, as your tolerance will be less than when you are eating regular meals. 2017, Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat, →ISBN:
    • So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him. 2004, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Hotel Babylon, page 76:
    • Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party. 2003, Vicki Iovine, The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates, →ISBN:
    • It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation. 2016, Fortune's Special Delivery, →ISBN, page 36:
  2. (transitive, uncommon) To add an excessive amount of caffeine to something.

Forms

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overcaffeinating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcaffeinates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overcaffeinated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcaffeinated Tense=Past lexicographic