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overrack

overrack verb: to torture beyond bearing.

Verb

overrack (third-person singular simple present overracks, present participle overracking, simple past and past participle overracked)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To torture beyond bearing.

Forms of overrack

third-person singular presentoverracks
present participleoverracking
past participleoverracked
pastoverracked

Origin of overrack

From over- + rack. Not apparently continuing Old English oferreċċan.

Questions about overrack

What does overrack mean?
Overrack means to torture beyond bearing.
What part of speech is overrack?
Overrack is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrack?
The past tense of overrack is overracked.

Words near overrack in the dictionary

  1. overquoting
  2. overrace
  3. overraced
  4. overraces
  5. overracing
  6. overrack
  7. overracked
  8. overracking
  9. overracks
  10. overrake
  11. overraked

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