"overmoderate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overmoderates [present, singular, third-person], overmoderating [participle, present], overmoderated [participle, past], overmoderated [past]
Etymology: From over- + moderate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|moderate}} over- + moderate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overmoderate (third-person singular simple present overmoderates, present participle overmoderating, simple past and past participle overmoderated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To moderate excessively. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-overmoderate-en-verb-xEQB4a1g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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