Overauthor

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To add too many names to the list of authors on a work produced by a team.

    "In most cases, it is better to "overauthor" in team publications than to "underauthor", to include an individual if there is..."

  2. 2
    To continue revising a work past the point where the revisions improve the work.

    "In 1817, which marks the first appearance of The Ancient Mariner as a work by Coleridge, the poem is, by contrast, almost overauthored."

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Etymology

From over- + author.

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