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overcark

overcark verb: to overcharge; overburden; harass.

Verb

overcark (third-person singular simple present overcarks, present participle overcarking, simple past and past participle overcarked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To overcharge; overburden; harass.

Forms of overcark

third-person singular presentovercarks
present participleovercarking
past participleovercarked
pastovercarked

Origin of overcark

From Middle English overcarken, equivalent to over- + cark (“to worry”). More at over-, cark.

Questions about overcark

What does overcark mean?
Overcark means to overcharge; overburden; harass.
What part of speech is overcark?
Overcark is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcark?
The past tense of overcark is overcarked.

Words near overcark in the dictionary

  1. overcareless
  2. overcarelessly
  3. overcarelessness
  4. overcares
  5. overcaring
  6. overcark
  7. overcarked
  8. overcarking
  9. overcarks
  10. overcarriage
  11. overcarriages

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