Overspell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overspell is a verb meaning To make spelling mistakes by adding extra letters.
Meaning
To make spelling mistakes by adding extra letters.
More Meanings
- To state something in too much detail or too explicitly.
- To take over by a magic spell.
Example Sentences
On the contrary, exactly those principles are already overspelled.
The main difference between America's humor and England's humour is that they overspell it.
...author attempts a little more, and, like Lowell in the 'Biglow Papers,' rather overspells his dialect.
He admits his first attempts were overworked and overspelled, "as though a chicken had walked over them."
Word Forms
- overspells
- overspelling
- overspelled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misspell, mistype, mis-spell, mispell, misscribe, typo.
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