OVERTOIL

Etymology

Verb

overtoil (third-person singular simple present overtoils, present participle overtoiling, simple past and past participle overtoiled)

(transitive) To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*toil", v. t.

Definition: To overwork.

O`ver*toil", v. t.

Definition: To weary excessively; to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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