overheal

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verb

To heal over.

OriginMiddle English overhelen →
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verboverheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past and past participle overhealed)

present singular third person overheals · participle present overhealing · participle past overhealed · past overhealed

  1. intransitiveTo heal over.
  2. intransitiveTo heal excessively or beyond the point of normal healing, usually resulting in the formation of scar tissue.

    First, the tissues can heal slowly and inadequately. Second, the tissues can overheal and deposit and overabundance of fibrotic wound matrix […]

    2011, Song Li, Nicolas L'Heureux, Jennifer Elisseeff, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering
  3. transitivegamesTo heal (a character) beyond the usual maximum level of health.

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verboverheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past overhole, past participle overholen)

present singular third person overheals · participle present overhealing · past overhole · participle past overholen

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cover over.

Origin

overheal · verb

From over- + heal.

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overheal · verb

  1. Middle Englishoverhelen
  2. Englishoverheal

From Middle English overhelen, equivalent to over- + heal (“to cover”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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