superstrain

English

Etymology

super- +‎ strain

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpə(ɹ)stɹeɪn/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /suːpə(ɹ)ˈstɹeɪn/

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Noun

superstrain (plural superstrains)

1. A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

Verb

superstrain (third-person singular simple present superstrains, present participle superstraining, simple past and past participle superstrained)

1. (obsolete) To overstrain.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “superstrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)