What does overwasted mean?
Overwasted means (obsolete) Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent..
Overwasted
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Meaning
(obsolete) Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent..
Example Sentences
VVhen in the Tumult, vvith the ſudden Fright, / VVhilſt eu'ry one for Safetie ſought about, / And none regarded to maintaine the Light, / VVhich being ouer-vvaſted, vvas gone out, / It being then the mid time of the Night, / […] / The Queene alone (at leaſt, if any neare) / They vvere her VVomen, almoſt dead vvith feare.
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- more overwasted
- most overwasted
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VVhen in the Tumult, vvith the ſudden Fright, / VVhilſt eu'ry one for Safetie ſought about, / And none regarded to maintaine the Light, / VVhich being ouer-vvaſted, vvas gone out, / It being then the mid time of the Night, / […] / The Queene alone (at leaſt, if any neare) / They vvere her VVomen, almoſt dead vvith feare.
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