"overlinger" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overlingers [present, singular, third-person], overlingering [participle, present], overlingered [participle, past], overlingered [past]
Etymology: From over- + linger. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|linger}} over- + linger Head templates: {{en-verb}} overlinger (third-person singular simple present overlingers, present participle overlingering, simple past and past participle overlingered)
  1. (intransitive) To linger or remain for too long. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overlinger-en-verb-BotqXBzx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to linger; to detain too long. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-overlinger-en-verb-KWPV9ih4 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: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63

Inflected forms

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