Definition of Overstimulates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of overstimulate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overstimulates

1. overstimulate [v] - See also: overstimulate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstimulates

overstay one's welcome
overstayed
overstaying
overstays
oversteepened
oversteer
oversteered
oversteering
oversteers
overstep
overstepped
overstepping
oversteps
overstimulate
overstimulated
overstimulates
overstimulating
overstimulation
overstir
overstirred
overstirring
overstirs
overstitch
overstock
overstocked
overstocking
overstocks
overstore
overstored
overstores

Literary usage of Overstimulates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Human body by Henry Newell Martin (1898)
"... the extra stimulus of the food overstimulates the too irritable stomach, just as a draught of mustard and warm water overstimulates a healthy one. ..."

2. The Human Body: A Beginner's Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene by Henry Newell Martin (1898)
"... the extra stimulus of the food overstimulates the too irritable stomach, just as a draught of mustard and warm water overstimulates a healthy one. ..."

3. The Human Body: A Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene by Henry Newell Martin, George Wells Fitz (1898)
"... the extra stimulus of the food overstimulates the too irritable stomach, just as a draught of mustard and warm water overstimulates a healthy one. ..."

4. Constipation and Intestinal Obstruction (obstipation) by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1909)
"This daily dose of medicine overstimulates the bowel, producing a greater activity than is normal, and, according to Nature's rule, a period of rest and ..."

5. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"In other words, it rapidly overstimulates and exhausts the nervous and cerebral apparatus, more especially on the sensory side. ..."

6. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"Ambition, to be sure. may lift the sluggard from his bed, the clod from his rut, the sensualist from his sty; but it overstimulates the mettlesome while the ..."

7. Money and Banking: An Introduction to the Study of Modern Currencies by William Amasa Scott (1903)
"... of the currency through the overissue of bank-notes, overstimulates industry, thus causing overproduction and the promotion of unsound enterprises. ..."

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