verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To apply too much wax to. transitive

   "an overwaxed floor"

2. 2
   To wax or grow too rapidly or too much. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From over- + wax.

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