"overaccent" meaning in English

See overaccent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overaccents [present, singular, third-person], overaccenting [participle, present], overaccented [participle, past], overaccented [past]
Etymology: over- + accent Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|accent}} over- + accent Head templates: {{en-verb}} overaccent (third-person singular simple present overaccents, present participle overaccenting, simple past and past participle overaccented)
  1. (transitive) To accent too much. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overaccent-en-verb-nGcbz573 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overaccent meaning in English (1.1kB)

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        "To accent too much."
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        "(transitive) To accent too much."
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