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Webster 1913 Edition


Overwax

Oˊver-wax′

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Verb.
I.
To wax or grow too rapidly or too much.
[Obs.]
R. of Gloucester.

Definition 2024


overwax

overwax

English

Verb

overwax (third-person singular simple present overwaxes, present participle overwaxing, simple past and past participle overwaxed)

  1. (transitive) To apply too much wax to.
    an overwaxed floor
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To wax or grow too rapindly or too much.
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