Meanings
verboveraccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)
present singular third person overaccelerates · participle present overaccelerating · participle past overaccelerated · past overaccelerated
- ambitransitiveTo accelerate too much.
At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.
2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*kel-
- Latinceler
- Latincelerō
- Latinaccelerō
- Latinaccelerātu
- Latinaccelerō
- Latinaccelerātiō
- Englishaccelerationbf.
- Englishaccelerate
- Englishoveraccelerate
From over- + accelerate.
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APA
overaccelerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccelerate
MLA
“overaccelerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccelerate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overaccelerate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overaccelerate.
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