oversense

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verb

To sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present.

OriginEnglish sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens →
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Meanings

verboversense (third-person singular simple present oversenses, present participle oversensing, simple past and past participle oversensed)

present singular third person oversenses · participle present oversensing · participle past oversensed · past oversensed

  1. To sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present.

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*sent-
  8. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  9. Latinsentiō
  10. Latinsēnsu
  11. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  12. Frankish*sinn
  13. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  14. Old Frenchsens
  15. Middle Englishsense
  16. Englishsense
  17. Englishoversense

From over- + sense.

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APA

oversense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversense

MLA

“oversense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversense. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversense,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversense.

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