"overfear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overfears [present, singular, third-person], overfearing [participle, present], overfeared [participle, past], overfeared [past]
Etymology: over- + fear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|fear}} over- + fear Head templates: {{en-verb}} overfear (third-person singular simple present overfears, present participle overfearing, simple past and past participle overfeared)
  1. (transitive) To fear excessively; to be too afraid of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overfear-en-verb-P6gXKP1Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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