Definition of Overclaiming

1. Verb. (present participle of overclaim) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overclaiming

1. overclaim [v] - See also: overclaim

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overclaiming

overcheck
overchecks
overchill
overchilled
overchilling
overchills
overchlorinated
overchoreograph
overchoreographed
overchoreographing
overcivil
overcivilized
overclad
overclaim
overclaimed
overclaiming (current term)
overclaims
overclean
overcleaned
overcleaning
overcleans
overclear
overcleared

Literary usage of Overclaiming

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

1. The Law of Patents for Inventions, Familiarly Explained for the Use of by William Carpmael (1852)
"... improvement by other persons: thus are patents made weak by overclaiming, and, consequently, are declared void when they come into a Court of Law. ..."

2. The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (1842)
"He was thus cooped up in a dilemma ; if he did not claim the whole of his invention, from a fear of overclaiming, he of course lost his right to that which ..."

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