Definitions for overprotect

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o`ver•pro•tect′(v.t.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. mother, fuss, overprotect(verb)

    care for like a mother

    "She fusses over her husband"

  2. overprotect(verb)

    protect excessively

    "Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"

Wiktionary

  1. overprotect(Verb)

    To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle


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