overencourage

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verb

To encourage too much.

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Meanings

verboverencourage (third-person singular simple present overencourages, present participle overencouraging, simple past and past participle overencouraged)

present singular third person overencourages · participle present overencouraging · participle past overencouraged · past overencouraged

  1. To encourage too much.

Origin

From over- + encourage.

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APA

overencourage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencourage

MLA

“overencourage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencourage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overencourage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overencourage.

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