Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To excite unduly or excessively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To excite too much.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
excite to an excessive degree
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Examples
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Could there not be a more restrained approach, so as not to overexcite other budding Moats out there or, indeed, our own slathering selves?
Now Raoul Moat is dead, perhaps we should all feel a little sick 2010
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On the other hand, mercury, arachidonic acid (an inflammatory omega-6 fat from dietary sources like meat and dairy), cortisol (the stress hormone), and homocysteine (because of a lack of folate, B6, or B12) all overexcite the NMDA receptor, leading to cell death.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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Their mother put her finger to her mouth, not wanting to overexcite Kelley before she left.
Beacon Street Girls: Lake Rescue Annie Bryant 2008
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This loss of faith, however, should not overexcite whatever pockets of neocons there are left.
Brian McNally's Letter from Saigon Brian McNally 2008
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Their mother put her finger to her mouth, not wanting to overexcite Kelley before she left.
Beacon Street Girls: Lake Rescue Annie Bryant 2008
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Otherwise he had a tendency to overexcite the dogs.
Reiffeins Choice 2006
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It was Miss Langley's responsibility to make sure Eleanor did not run, or climb stairs too quickly, or overexcite herself, or take a fright.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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It was Miss Langley's responsibility to make sure Eleanor did not run, or climb stairs too quickly, or overexcite herself, or take a fright.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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It was Miss Langley's responsibility to make sure Eleanor did not run, or climb stairs too quickly, or overexcite herself, or take a fright.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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It was Miss Langley's responsibility to make sure Eleanor did not run, or climb stairs too quickly, or overexcite herself, or take a fright.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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