a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 1v Absumo, to ouerwaste.
1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres vi. lxxiii, in 93 None regarded to maintaine the Light, Which being ouer-wasted, was gone out.
1621 T. Mun Disc. Trade in J. R. McCulloch (1952) i. 5 Where a contrary course is taken, through wantonnesse and riot, to ouerwaste both forren and domesticke wares.