"overaddress" meaning in All languages combined

See overaddress on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overaddresses [present, singular, third-person], overaddressing [participle, present], overaddressed [participle, past], overaddressed [past]
Etymology: over- + address Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|address}} over- + address Head templates: {{en-verb}} overaddress (third-person singular simple present overaddresses, present participle overaddressing, simple past and past participle overaddressed)
  1. (transitive) To address to an excessive degree. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overaddress-en-verb-SqsI65bD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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