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overlabor

overlabor is the alternative form of overlabour.

Meaning of overlabour

Verb

overlabour (third-person singular simple present overlabours, present participle overlabouring, simple past and past participle overlaboured)

  1. (transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.
    • overlabor the employees
  2. (transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.
    • overlabor ornaments
  3. To belabour or emphasise excessively.
    • overlabor the point

See all 4 meanings of overlabour

Forms of overlabor

third-person singular presentoverlabors
present participleoverlaboring
past participleoverlabored
pastoverlabored

Origin of overlabor

From over- + labor.

Questions about overlabor

What is overlabor the alternative form of?
Overlabor is the alternative form of overlabour.

Words near overlabor in the dictionary

  1. overkingdom
  2. overkingdoms
  3. overkings
  4. overknee
  5. overknowing
  6. overlabor
  7. overlabored
  8. overlaboring
  9. overlabors
  10. overlabour
  11. overlaboured

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