Overprove

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required transitive

    "I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of overproof. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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above proofopop

Example

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"I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place."

Etymology

From over- + prove.

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