overapply

verb

Etymology

From over- + apply.

  1. derived from applicō
  2. derived from applier
  3. inherited from aplien
  4. prefixed as overapply — “over + apply

Definitions

  1. To apply to excess.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overapply. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA