overprove

See also: overprøve

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ prove.

Verb

overprove (third-person singular simple present overproves, present participle overproving, simple past overproved, past participle overproved or overproven)

  1. (transitive) to prove excessively or beyond what is asked or required
    • 1994, James McFarlane, The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen:
      I think many of his devices are, in fact, quite arbitrary; that he betrays a Germanic ponderousness at times and a tendency to overprove what is quite clear in the first place.
  2. (baking) Alternative form of overproof
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