"overauthor" meaning in English

See overauthor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overauthors [present, singular, third-person], overauthoring [participle, present], overauthored [participle, past], overauthored [past]
Etymology: over- + author Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|author}} over- + author Head templates: {{en-verb}} overauthor (third-person singular simple present overauthors, present participle overauthoring, simple past and past participle overauthored)
  1. To add too many names to the list of authors on a work produced by a team.
    Sense id: en-overauthor-en-verb-1P1CJ0V7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 66 34
  2. To continue revising a work past the point where the revisions improve the work.
    Sense id: en-overauthor-en-verb-YD05JEwn

Inflected forms

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