OVEREMPHASISE

overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress

(verb) place special or excessive emphasis on; “I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overemphasise (third-person singular simple present overemphasises, present participle overemphasising, simple past and past participle overemphasised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of overemphasize.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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