"overaffect" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overaffects [present, singular, third-person], overaffecting [participle, present], overaffected [participle, past], overaffected [past]
Etymology: From over- + affect. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|affect}} over- + affect Head templates: {{en-verb}} overaffect (third-person singular simple present overaffects, present participle overaffecting, simple past and past participle overaffected)
  1. (transitive) To have too great an effect on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overaffect-en-verb-AFbpQY4R
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To care for unduly. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overaffect-en-verb-Z2WGJsH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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