"overtense" meaning in English

See overtense in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more overtense [comparative], most overtense [superlative]
Etymology: over- + tense Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|tense}} over- + tense Head templates: {{en-adj}} overtense (comparative more overtense, superlative most overtense)
  1. Excessively tense.
    Sense id: en-overtense-en-adj-cSnQbAzp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50

Verb

Forms: overtenses [present, singular, third-person], overtensing [participle, present], overtensed [participle, past], overtensed [past]
Etymology: over- + tense Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|tense}} over- + tense Head templates: {{en-verb}} overtense (third-person singular simple present overtenses, present participle overtensing, simple past and past participle overtensed)
  1. (transitive) To make too tense. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overtense-en-verb-olJho8Tc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 50 50

Inflected forms

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