overweary
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English[edit]
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Verb[edit]
overweary (third-person singular simple present overwearies, present participle overwearying, simple past and past participle overwearied)
- (transitive) To weary too much; to tire out.
- 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier
- he hung down his head, as overwearied, and leaned upon his pulpit
- 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier
Adjective[edit]
overweary (comparative more overweary, superlative most overweary)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “overweary” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)