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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overtout 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 tout English overtout From over- + tout.

Meanings

  1. To tout to excess
    • The River's Edge, despite its strong subject, was confused and conspicuously overtouted. 1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overtouts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overtouted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtouted Tense=Past lexicographic
overtouting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic