"overnourish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overnourishes [present, singular, third-person], overnourishing [participle, present], overnourished [participle, past], overnourished [past]
Etymology: over- + nourish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|nourish}} over- + nourish Head templates: {{en-verb}} overnourish (third-person singular simple present overnourishes, present participle overnourishing, simple past and past participle overnourished)
  1. (transitive) To nourish excessively. Tags: transitive Derived forms: overnourished [adjective], overnourishment
    Sense id: en-overnourish-en-verb-rgFG7luS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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