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▪ I. † ˌover-ˈrack, v. Obs. [f. over- 27 + rack v.3] trans. To rack or strain to excess; to overstrain. Hence † ˌover-ˈracked ppl. a.
1589Nashe Pref. Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 8 So shoulde..their ouer-rackte Rhethorique, bee the Ironicall recreation of the Reader. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. i. Eden 293 A drooping life, and over-rackèd brain. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Faithful Friends iii. i, I'm over-racked with expectation Of the event. ▪ II. over-rack variant of over-rake v. |