overprove

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verb

to prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required

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Meanings

verboverprove (third-person singular simple present overproves, present participle overproving, simple past overproved, past participle overproved or overproven)

present singular third person overproves · participle present overproving · past overproved · participle past overproved · participle past overproven

  1. transitiveto prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required

    I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place.

    1994, James McFarlane, The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen
  2. alternativebakingAlternative form of overproof.

Origin

From over- + prove.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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