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third-person singular simple present overcertifies, present participle overcertifying, simple past and past participle overcertified
(transitive) To certify beyond the actual value. quotations examples
The Bank of the Commonwealth suspension resulted from overcertifying the checks of its former president, Edward Haight, to the amount of $225,000, of which Mr. Haight could only make good $60,000.
1996, Eugene Nelson White, Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias, page 225