surchargedadj.
/səːˈtʃɑːdʒd/ a. Overburdened, overloaded, charged to excess. Also figurative. (In quot. 1837 = superheated adj. 1.)
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > provided with an excess of something
superfluous1531
overburdened1581
surcharged1615
overloaded1671
overladen1866
stinking1940
stinko1960
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 100 Surcharged brests must needs their greefes expresse.
a1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 201 I found no Billows..to endanger the passage of my late surcharged vessel.
1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 197 Causing the designs of the wicked, like a surcharged gun to recoil upon and destroy themselves.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 283 The surcharged heart cannot resist..unmerited kindness.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 98 [Thirst] is..intolerable on a surcharged stomach.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 26/2 The steam being saturated with heat..this surcharged steam becomes a floating agent.
1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) II. viii. 246 Quarries..employed as a place of deposit for the bones in the surcharged cemeteries of the capital.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xx. §834 Vapour borne by those surcharged winds.
1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 665/1 Surcharged or Overcharged Mine, in Military Mining, a mine loaded with a very great charge of powder. It is sometimes called a globe of compression.
b. Of a postage-stamp: see surcharge v. 6.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > postmarked > to change value of stamp
surcharged1881
1881 Stamp-Collector's Ann. 16 The surcharged sixpennies, doing duty for pennies, are discontinued.
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