"overheal" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overheals [present, singular, third-person], overhealing [participle, present], overhealed [participle, past], overhealed [past]
Etymology: From over- + heal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|heal}} over- + heal Head templates: {{en-verb}} overheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past and past participle overhealed)
  1. (intransitive) To heal over. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overheal-en-verb-VJ258MM- 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: 89 10 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 55 16 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 5 3
  2. (intransitive) To heal excessively or beyond the point of normal healing, usually resulting in the formation of scar tissue. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overheal-en-verb-vnyCiqRf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: overheals [present, singular, third-person], overhealing [participle, present], overhole [past], overholen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English overhelen, equivalent to over- + heal (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overhelen}} Middle English overhelen, {{prefix|en|over|heal|t2=to cover}} over- + heal (“to cover”) Head templates: {{en-verb|overheals|overhealing|overhole|overholen}} overheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past overhole, past participle overholen)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cover over. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overheal-en-verb-FK2M7j0s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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