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overprotect

vb. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

WordNet
overprotect
  1. v. care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn: mother, fuss]

  2. protect excessively; "Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"

Usage examples of "overprotect".

As the only girl constantly surrounded by five older brothers and six older male cousins, Delaney had been overprotected most of her life.

Just what kind of pampered, overprotected, arrogant little monster was such a mother going to make of their son, Joe Foster?