OVERLADE

Etymology

Verb

overlade (third-person singular simple present overlades, present participle overlading, simple past overladed, past participle overladen or overladed)

(transitive) To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Anagrams

• Dearlove, overdeal, overlead

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*lade", v. t. [imp. Overladed; p. p. Overladen; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlading.] Etym: [Cf. Overload.]

Definition: To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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