2. Verb. (third-person singular of overburden) ¹
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Definition of Overburdens
1. overburden [v] - See also: overburden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overburdens
Literary usage of Overburdens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1854)
"He quotes so many opinions that he often overburdens the mind of his reader, and
sometimes, we think, he overburdens himself, so as to stagger beneath the ..."
2. Oecd Economic Surveys by OECD Economic Surveys (2005)
"... for setting prices (ie, the design of the efficient firm) in each tariff
review, while in principle ignoring the actual firm, overburdens the regulator. ..."
3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1916)
"... he overburdens it with lore, legal or antiquarian, it sparkles with interest,
its phrases and epithets are often exceptionally happy, and, ..."
4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1907)
"This constantly overburdens the teacher with new material and prevents the
development of a strong and helpful class spirit. A good class spirit arises only ..."
5. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1880)
"Whipple's dispatch " overburdens the intellect. Whether Whipple was discoursing
upon the number of baked beans the army should consume upon the morrow, ..."
6. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"... while he overburdens himself with overmuch detail. Thus we rind him drawing
up regulations for a i-lui ¡litri' tir* ..."
7. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Burning debris and overburdens of rubble could trap sheltered individuals.
Carbon monoxide and other toxic gases could, with very high probability, ..."
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