overprove en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From over- + prove.
Meanings
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(transitive) to prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required
I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place.
1994, James McFarlane, The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of overproof.
alt of overproof
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overproves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overproving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overproved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overproved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overproven | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |