overwork.
To make (someone or something) work too hard.
Meaning & usage
To make (someone or something) work too hard.
to overwork a horse
To work too hard.
To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
To decorate all over.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).
A superstructure.
Excessive work.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overwerc, from Old English oferweorc, oferġeweorc (“an overwork, superstructure, tomb”), equivalent to over- + work.
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