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Definition of Overtrains
1. overtrain [v] - See also: overtrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtrains
Literary usage of Overtrains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... of a foreman who had power to employ and discharge subordinates without
consulting any one, but had no control whatever overtrains or the trainmen. ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1888)
"[This is a re-statement in more general terms of the last question in Section I.]
Have you ever over-rehearsed a part, as an athlete overtrains ? ..."
3. Social Phases of Education in the School and the Home by Samuel Train Dutton (1899)
"A system which simply trains the athletes, or which overtrains those who really
need but a minimum . of training, while the great majority are merely ..."
4. Manual of Instruction in the Use of Dumb Bells, Indian Clubs, and Other by Morris Bornstein (1889)
"carelessness or indiscretion, may be apt to do an irreparable damage, gentle
perseverance will do more than any exertion that overtrains the body. ..."
5. Masks Or Faces?: A Study in the Psychology of Acting by William Archer (1888)
"[This is a re-statement in more general terms of the last question in Section I.]
Have you ever over-rehearsed a part, as an athlete overtrains ? ..."
6. Railway Train and Station Service by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1884)
"The rights under certain circumstances which a train going in one direction
possesses overtrains going in the opposite direction, etc. ..."
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