"overink" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overinks [present, singular, third-person], overinking [participle, present], overinked [participle, past], overinked [past]
Etymology: over- + ink Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|ink}} over- + ink Head templates: {{en-verb}} overink (third-person singular simple present overinks, present participle overinking, simple past and past participle overinked)
  1. (transitive) To apply too much ink to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overink-en-verb-yefHpTQ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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