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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overpreach en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + preach.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To preach excessively.
    • Galbraith once wrote, not without irony, that moralists tend to exaggerate the blessings of poverty and overpreach the dangers inherent in wealth. 2006, Denis Goulet, Development Ethics at Work: Explorations - 1960-2002, page 35:

Forms

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overpreached Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overpreached Tense=Past lexicographic
overpreaches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overpreaching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic