overdoing
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]overdoing
- present participle and gerund of overdo
Noun
[edit]overdoing (plural overdoings)
- Excessive activity.
- 1814, John Newton, Cardiphonia: or, The utterance of the heart, page 115:
- And I believe the overdoings of a young convert, proceeding from an honest simplicity of heart, and a desire of pleasing the Lord, are more acceptable in his sight, than a certain coolness of conduct which frequently takes place […]