to excite excessively or cause to be in a state of too strong emotion
Be careful not too overexcite yourself.
overexcite in American English
(ˌouvərɪkˈsait)
transitive verbWord forms: -cited, -citing
to excite too much
Derived forms
overexcitable
adjective
overexcitability
noun
overexcitably
adverb
overexcitement
noun
Word origin
[1815–25; over- + excite]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aggressive, artifact, diorama, heuristic, normover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly
Examples of 'overexcite' in a sentence
overexcite
They seemed to insist on everybody having dreary discussions in monotonous voices, so as not to overexcite either side.