overtest

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verb

To subject to excessive testing

OriginEnglish test ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verbovertest (third-person singular simple present overtests, present participle overtesting, simple past and past participle overtested)

present singular third person overtests · participle present overtesting · participle past overtested · past overtested

  1. To subject to excessive testing

    A blown fuse should not be overtested.

    2007, Yann Martel, Life of Pi, page 174

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishtest
  8. Englishovertest

From over- + test.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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