Definition of Overlengthening

1. overlengthen [v] - See also: overlengthen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlengthening

overleaven
overleavened
overleavening
overleavens
overlegalization
overlegislate
overlegislated
overlegislates
overlegislating
overlend
overlending
overlends
overlength
overlengthen
overlengthened
overlengthening (current term)
overlengthens
overlengths
overlent
overlet
overlets
overletting
overleverage
overleveraged
overleverages
overleveraging
overlewd
overliberal
overliberally
overlick

Literary usage of Overlengthening

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

1. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"If thawing now takes place, the result of the action of the frost is the overlengthening of the tissue which has been strained, for the tissues are indeed ..."

2. Lectures on Orthopedic Surgery by John Ridlon, Hugh Owen Thomas, Robert Jones (1899)
"... to which the relapse is due, lies in these same muscles ; they are weak from disuse, and at a disadvantage from overlengthening. ..."

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