overreplace en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + replace.
Meanings
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To replace in excess
While it is a common error to overreplace blood losses and to give too great volumes of electrolyte solutions to elderly patients, it is just as common to give too little.
1963, John Ervin Jesseph, Henry Nelson Harkins, Geriatric Surgical Emergencies, →ISBN, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overreplaced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overreplaced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overreplaces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overreplacing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |