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Definition of Overlabor
1. v. t. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.
Definition of Overlabor
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlabor
Literary usage of Overlabor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... god his hunger did assuage With roots and herbs, and gave the Golden But,
overlabor'd with so long a course, T is time to set at ease the smoking horse. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"Even as recreation from the effects of overlabor, hunting has its drawbacks; but
after you have followed it through wind and rain and sleet and storm for ..."
3. On University Studies by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1910)
"... the educated head of the body politic—cold, crafty, selfish and treacherous,
which will sooner or later corrupt its heart—will exhaust and overlabor and ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To give a whirling motion to. П. trans. To cause to toil or drudge; tire with
labor; overlabor. ..."
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