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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overurge en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + urge.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To urge excessively.
    • November 16, 1901, Mark Twain, speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Joseph H. Choate He didn't overurge the compliment.
    • The salespeople often overurge the buying of certain supplies and goods, and when the customer reaches home, dissatisfaction or a realization that the purchase was unnecessary, prompts return. 1927, The National Druggist, volume 57, page 261:

Forms

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overurged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overurged Tense=Past lexicographic
overurging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overurges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic