overexercise

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verb

To exercise to an excessive degree.

OriginEnglish exercise ← Middle English exercise ← Old French exercise →
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Meanings

verboverexercise (third-person singular simple present overexercises, present participle overexercising, simple past and past participle overexercised)

present singular third person overexercises · participle present overexercising · participle past overexercised · past overexercised

  1. To exercise to an excessive degree.
nounoverexercise (uncountable)
  1. uncountableToo much exercise.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Latinexercitium
  8. Old Frenchexercise
  9. Middle Englishexercise
  10. Englishexercise
  11. Englishoverexercise

From over- + exercise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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