overkeep

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From over- +‎ keep.

Verb[edit]

overkeep (third-person singular simple present overkeeps, present participle overkeeping, simple past and past participle overkept)

  1. (transitive) To keep or observe too strictly.
  2. (transitive) To keep too long.