verb
- Dress too warmly.
- usage: "You should not overclothe the child-she will be too hot"
- synonyms: overdress, overclothe
- Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.
- usage: "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
adjective
- Dressed too elaborately. .
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