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ˌoverˈtask, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To task too severely; to impose too heavy a task upon. Hence ˌoverˈtasked ppl. a.
1628Bp. Hall Serm. at Westminster 5 Apr., Wks. (1634) iii. 309 Many a good Husband over-taskes himselfe, and undertakes more, then his eye can over-looke. a1711Ken Direct. for Prayer Wks. (1838) 341 If you should overtask them, religion should seem to them rather a burden than a blessing. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. 289 Relief for overtasked eyes and brain from study and sightseeing. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 129 Work which had overtasked the greatest kings. 1895A. I. Shand Life Gen. Sir E. B. Hamley I. iv. 93 The sufferings of the starved and overtasked horses. |