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overprove en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From over- + prove.

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of overproof.
    alt of overproof

Forms

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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