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Definition of Overdevelops
1. overdevelop [v] - See also: overdevelop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdevelops
Literary usage of Overdevelops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"... of parts may be injurious because it overdevelops the parts exercised, and
hinders rather than helps in the harmonious working of part with part. ..."
2. The Nearing Case: The Limitation of Academic Freedom at the University of by Lightner Witmer (1915)
"The University cannot afford to maintain a school that overdevelops the radical
tendencies. She should see that each professor or instructor of the radical ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by John C. Da Costa (1919)
"... notwithstanding the contention of some authors that the wall of the ventricle
overdevelops in consequence of its undue efforts in performing diastolic ..."
4. The Teaching of Elementary Mathematics by David Eugene Smith (1906)
"On the other hand, the teacher who overdevelops, who seeks to eliminate all
difficulties, who does all of the thinking for the class, is equally at fault. ..."
5. The New Basis of Civilization by Simon Nelson Patten (1907)
"... qualities of leisure people are but remnants of the nobler individuality that
would flourish in a natural environment. Assured wealth also overdevelops ..."
6. The Home, Its Work and Influence by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1903)
"This limits the range of life, cuts off the widest channels of growth, overdevelops
the few deep ones; and does not develop self-control. ..."
7. The Spirit of the Christian Life: Sermons by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1881)
"He never, in hurry to the end, neglects to develop this, or overdevelops that,
in mankind. Every particular part is done in harmony with every other and for ..."
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