overprotect

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Etymology

From over- + protect.

Verb

overprotect (overprotects, present participle overprotecting; simple past and past participle overprotected)

1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

Translations

• French: surprotéger, hyperprotéger
• German: überbehüten
• Portuguese: superproteger
• Spanish: sobreproteger, hiperproteger

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