Sekirov Dictionary

overlabour

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.
- But over labour'd with so long a Course, Tis time to set at ease the smoaking Horse. — 1697
•
To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.
- overlabor ornaments
•
To belabour or emphasise excessively.
- I don't want to overlabour what is obvious here.

noun1

•
Excessive labour.
- a disease which he had brought upon himself, by his over-labour at a Siege — 1684

forms

overlaboured · overlabouring · overlabours

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