overimpose

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ impose

Verb[edit]

overimpose (third-person singular simple present overimposes, present participle overimposing, simple past and past participle overimposed)

  1. (transitive) To impose too much or too often.
    a state that overimposes capital punishment
    an attempt to overimpose order on a teenager's messy bedroom