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overfix en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + fix.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
   • Caution dictated a strategy not to "overfix" the dilemma of slavery, whose future was not clear and whose capacity to sow discontent was high. 1998, Mark E. Brandon, Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure:
   • It is better to overfix rather than underfix. 2008, K. H. Andy Choo, In Situ Hybridization Protocols - Page 328:

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Antonyms

underfix