"overcover" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overcovers [present, singular, third-person], overcovering [participle, present], overcovered [participle, past], overcovered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- + cover. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overcoveren}} Middle English overcoveren, {{prefix|en|over|cover}} over- + cover Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcover (third-person singular simple present overcovers, present participle overcovering, simple past and past participle overcovered)
  1. (transitive) To cover over. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overcover-en-verb-FK2M7j0s Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 61 39
  2. (transitive) To give too much coverage (as for example on television). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overcover-en-verb-ZCtJP~Mk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94

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