"overmultiply" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overmultiplies [present, singular, third-person], overmultiplying [participle, present], overmultiplied [participle, past], overmultiplied [past]
Etymology: over- + multiply Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|multiply}} over- + multiply Head templates: {{en-verb}} overmultiply (third-person singular simple present overmultiplies, present participle overmultiplying, simple past and past participle overmultiplied)
  1. (intransitive) To multiply too much Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-overmultiply-en-verb-02wYpJcX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 71 29
  2. to repeat too often.
    Sense id: en-overmultiply-en-verb-jKcXaMlu

Inflected forms

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