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overheal en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From over- + heal.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To heal over.
2. (intransitive) To heal excessively or beyond the point of normal healing, usually resulting in the formation of scar tissue.
   • First, the tissues can heal slowly and inadequately. Second, the tissues can overheal and deposit and overabundance of fibrotic wound matrix […] 2011, Song Li, Nicolas L'Heureux, Jennifer Elisseeff, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering:
3. (transitive) To heal (a character) beyond the usual maximum level of health.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overheals	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overhealed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overhealed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
overhealing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

overheal en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English overhelen, equivalent to over- + heal (“to cover”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cover over.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overhole	Tense=Past		lexicographic
overheals	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overholen	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overhealing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic