society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun) > excessively (2)
transitive. To put too much powder or charge into (a firearm). Cf. charge, n. 3a. Now rare.
transitive. To load with too great a burden or cargo; to put an excessive load on, overburden; to overcharge (a gun). Also figurative.