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overdrug en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + drug.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To drug too heavily.
    • The conclusion to which I come is that in mania all drugs are uncertain in their effect; that food, restraint in rooms, with confinement to the bed if necessary, are more important than medicine. Especially is it desirable not to overdrug the patient. 1873, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 88, page 53:

Forms

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overdrugging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdrugged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdrugged Tense=Past lexicographic
overdrugs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic