Meaning

1 senses

  1. To govern with too much rigidity or precision.

Origin

From over- + govern.

From over- + govern.

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Forms

overgoverns, overgoverning, overgoverned, overgoverned
Base formovergovern · to overgovern
3rd person singularovergoverns
Present participleovergoverning
Past simpleovergoverned
Past participleovergoverned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovergovern
he, she, itovergoverns

Past simpleLesson

all personsovergoverned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overgoverned
he, she, ithas overgoverned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overgovern

Word family

1 related words
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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