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overmake

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ make.

Verb

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overmake (third-person singular simple present overmakes, present participle overmaking, simple past and past participle overmade)

  1. (transitive) To make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To make over or anew; recreate; remake.
    • 1921, Denton J. Snider, A Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
      In a degree he has to overmake the reading-faculty in every strong-hearted student, who gets to understand him better by repeated perusal […]

Noun

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overmake (plural overmakes)

  1. That which is overmade; make-over.
  2. An oversupply; surplus.

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Verb

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overmake

  1. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive of overmaken

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