Overtoil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overtoil is a verb meaning (transitive) To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust or tire out by working too much.
Meaning
(transitive) To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust or tire out by working too much.
Example Sentences
Then dozed awhile herself, but overtoil'd / By that day's grief and travel, evermore / Seem'd catching at a rootless thorn, and then / Went slipping down horrible precipices, / And strongly striking out her limbs awoke; […]
Word Forms
- overtoils
- overtoiling
- overtoiled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overweary, overwork, burn out, overtrain, overfatigue, overdo.
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