Overapply

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To apply to excess. transitive

    "German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors."

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"German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors."

Etymology

From over- + apply.

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