overactivate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

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Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós)sl.

Latin āctīvuslbor.

Old French actifbor.

Middle English actyf

English active

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English activate

English overactivate

From over- + activate.

Verb

overactivate (third-person singular simple present overactivates, present participle overactivating, simple past and past participle overactivated)

1. To activate excessively
   • 2015 July 26, Shijie Ding et al., “Redox Regulation in Cancer Stem Cells”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     PTEN mutations can lead to PIP3 accumulation and as a result overactivate the AKT pathway [ 43, 44 ].