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Definition of Overcharged
1. overcharge [v] - See also: overcharge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcharged
Literary usage of Overcharged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... stiffness to her letters, made some of her books overcharged and langweilig (this
is especially true of "Ro- mola"), and it certainly ruined her poetry. ..."
2. Attack of Fortified Places: Including Siege-works, Mining, and Demolitions by James Mercur (1894)
"For overcharged and undercharged mines in which the LRR and crater radius differ
... For an overcharged mine, For an undercharged mine, C=C,VV+W-rW. ..."
3. Practical and familiar sermons by Edward Cooper (1816)
"How many persons are thus overcharged with the cares of this life ! " They rise
up early, and late take rest, .and eat the bread of carefulness," as if they ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"frequently overcharged with electricity. Early in June ' the monsoon breaks,'
and for three to four months the rains are frequent, heavy, ..."
5. The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh: Three by James Mackintosh (1848)
"... which cannot burst without threatening destruction to all around, and which,
if it were not sometimes happily so overcharged as to recoil on him who ..."
6. The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between by Henry Cavendish (1879)
"It was tried whether the globe enclosed within hollow paper globe was overcharged
when the outer globe was electrified. This was first tried by making the 2 ..."
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