"overblame" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overblames [present, singular, third-person], overblaming [participle, present], overblamed [participle, past], overblamed [past]
Etymology: over- + blame Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|blame}} over- + blame Head templates: {{en-verb}} overblame (third-person singular simple present overblames, present participle overblaming, simple past and past participle overblamed)
  1. (transitive) To blame excessively. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overblame-en-verb-~Yj8h7gz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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