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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overidentify en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English identify English overidentify From over- + identify.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To identify too much (with another person or thing).
    • The patient's gender issues stemmed from his overidentifying with his mother.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overidentifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overidentifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overidentified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overidentified Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

underidentify