overargue

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verb

To argue excessively.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verboverargue (third-person singular simple present overargues, present participle overarguing, simple past and past participle overargued)

present singular third person overargues · participle present overarguing · participle past overargued · past overargued

  1. ambitransitiveTo argue excessively.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  9. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  10. Latinarguō
  11. Old Frencharguer
  12. Middle Englisharguen
  13. Englishargue
  14. Englishoverargue

From over- + argue.

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APA

overargue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overargue

MLA

“overargue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overargue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overargue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overargue.

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