What does overempty mean?
Overempty means (transitive) To make too empty; to exhaust..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To make too empty; to exhaust..
[…] would be very loth to come behind the fashion, in new fangledness of the manner, if not in costliness of the matter, which perhaps might overempty their husbands purses
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Overempty means (transitive) To make too empty; to exhaust..
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[…] would be very loth to come behind the fashion, in new fangledness of the manner, if not in costliness of the matter, which perhaps might overempty their husbands purses
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