"overlegislate" meaning in All languages combined

See overlegislate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overlegislates [present, singular, third-person], overlegislating [participle, present], overlegislated [participle, past], overlegislated [past]
Etymology: From over- + legislate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|legislate}} over- + legislate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overlegislate (third-person singular simple present overlegislates, present participle overlegislating, simple past and past participle overlegislated)
  1. To create more rules than is necessary or sensible.
    Sense id: en-overlegislate-en-verb-89xLaRke 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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