"overencourage" meaning in All languages combined

See overencourage on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overencourages [present, singular, third-person], overencouraging [participle, present], overencouraged [participle, past], overencouraged [past]
Etymology: From over- + encourage. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|encourage}} over- + encourage Head templates: {{en-verb}} overencourage (third-person singular simple present overencourages, present participle overencouraging, simple past and past participle overencouraged)
  1. To encourage too much.
    Sense id: en-overencourage-en-verb-6i0nb7rT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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