overcertify en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + certify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To certify beyond the actual value.
The Bank of the Commonwealth suspension resulted from overcertifying the checks of its former president, Edward Haight, to the amount of $225,000, of which Mr. Haight could only make good $60,000.
1996, Eugene Nelson White, Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias, page 225:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcertifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcertifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcertified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcertified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |