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overprove

verb

Etymology

From over- + prove.

  1. derived from *pro-bʰuH-s✻
  2. derived from probō
  3. derived from prover
  4. inherited from prōfian
  5. inherited from proven
  6. prefixed as overprove — “over + prove”

Definitions

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

    • 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. Alternative form of overproof.

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