Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overprescribe
Participle: overprescribed
Gerund: overprescribing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overprescribe |
| you | overprescribe |
| he;she;it | overprescribes |
| we | overprescribe |
| you | overprescribe |
| they | overprescribe |
Perfect
| I | have overprescribed |
| you | have overprescribed |
| he;she;it | has overprescribed |
| we | have overprescribed |
| you | have overprescribed |
| they | have overprescribed |
Past
| I | overprescribed |
| you | overprescribed |
| he;she;it | overprescribed |
| we | overprescribed |
| you | overprescribed |
| they | overprescribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overprescribed |
| you | had overprescribed |
| he;she;it | had overprescribed |
| we | had overprescribed |
| you | had overprescribed |
| they | had overprescribed |
Future
| I | will overprescribe |
| you | will overprescribe |
| he;she;it | will overprescribe |
| we | will overprescribe |
| you | will overprescribe |
| they | will overprescribe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overprescribed |
| you | will have overprescribed |
| he;she;it | will have overprescribed |
| we | will have overprescribed |
| you | will have overprescribed |
| they | will have overprescribed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overprescribe |
| you | overprescribe |
| he;she;it | overprescribe |
| we | overprescribe |
| you | overprescribe |
| they | overprescribe |
Perfect
| I | have overprescribed |
| you | have overprescribed |
| he;she;it | have overprescribed |
| we | have overprescribed |
| you | have overprescribed |
| they | have overprescribed |
Imperfect
| I | overprescribed |
| you | overprescribed |
| he;she;it | overprescribed |
| we | overprescribed |
| you | overprescribed |
| they | overprescribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overprescribed |
| you | had overprescribed |
| he;she;it | had overprescribed |
| we | had overprescribed |
| you | had overprescribed |
| they | had overprescribed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overprescribe |
| you | would overprescribe |
| he;she;it | would overprescribe |
| we | would overprescribe |
| you | would overprescribe |
| they | would overprescribe |
Perfect
| I | would have overprescribed |
| you | would have overprescribed |
| he;she;it | would have overprescribed |
| we | would have overprescribed |
| you | would have overprescribed |
| they | would have overprescribed |
Imperative
| you | overprescribe |
| we | Let's overprescribe |
| you | overprescribe |
Verbs conjugated like 'overprescribe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overprescribe'
overdescribe,
deprescribe,
overpressurize,
oversubscribe,
represcribe,
underprescribe,
misprescribe,
overperceive,
overprepare,
overpressure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. Latin praescrībōbor.
10. English prescribe
11. English overprescribe
12. From over- + prescribe.
Sample Sentences
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The drug maker Purdue Pharma has agreed […] to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe its painkiller OxyContin. [2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Painkiller’s Maker Settles Complaint”, in New York Times:]