"overleaven" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overleavens [present, singular, third-person], overleavening [participle, present], overleavened [participle, past], overleavened [past]
Etymology: From over- + leaven. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|leaven}} over- + leaven Head templates: {{en-verb}} overleaven (third-person singular simple present overleavens, present participle overleavening, simple past and past participle overleavened)
  1. To leaven too much.
    Sense id: en-overleaven-en-verb-2dH8PrNJ 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: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (obsolete, by extension) To change excessively; to spoil. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-overleaven-en-verb-NQZJTEjd

Inflected forms

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