Word Meanings - OVERDEVELOP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To develop excessively; specif. ,

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• SPECIFICNESS
  The quality or state of being specific.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• SPECIFY
  To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and
• DEVELOPABLE
  Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface , a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.
• DEVELOP
  To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. (more info) voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable
• SPECIFIABLE
  Admitting specification; capable of being specified.
• SPECIFICALNESS
  The quality of being specific.
• SPECIFICATION
  1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits. This specification or limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise point of inquiry. I. Watts. 2. The designation
• SPECIFICATE
  To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. ir M. Hale.
• DEVELOPMENTAL
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.
• SPECIFICAL
  Specific. Bacon.
• SPECIFIC
  Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria. In fact, all medicines will be found specific in
• DEVELOPER
  A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, develops.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• CONSPECIFIC
  Of the same species.
• REDEVELOP
  To develop again; specif. ,
• DESPECIFICATE
  To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated. Fitzed. Hall.
• DESPECIFICATION
  Discrimination.
• OVERDEVELOP
  To develop excessively; specif. ,