overleaven

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ leaven.

Verb

overleaven (third-person singular simple present overleavens, present participle overleavening, simple past and past participle overleavened)

  1. To leaven too much.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) To change excessively; to spoil.

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