"over-value" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: over-values [present, singular, third-person], over-valuing [participle, present], over-valued [participle, past], over-valued [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|head=over-value}} over-value (third-person singular simple present over-values, present participle over-valuing, simple past and past participle over-valued)
  1. Alternative form of overvalue. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: overvalue
    Sense id: en-over-value-en-verb-JoWdyqT9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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