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overtoiling

overtoiling is the present participle and gerund of overtoil.

Meaning of overtoil

Verb

overtoil (third-person singular simple present overtoils, present participle overtoiling, simple past and past participle overtoiled)

  1. (transitive) To weary (someone or something) excessively; to exhaust or tire out by working too much.
    • Then dozed awhile herself, but overtoil'd / By that day's grief and travel, evermore / Seem'd catching at a rootless thorn, and then / Went slipping down horrible precipices, / And strongly striking out her limbs awoke; […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 65–66

Questions about overtoiling

What is overtoiling the present participle and gerund of?
Overtoiling is the present participle and gerund of overtoil.

Words near overtoiling in the dictionary

  1. overtly
  2. overtness
  3. overtoasted
  4. overtoil
  5. overtoiled
  6. overtoiling
  7. overtoils
  8. overtold
  9. Overton
  10. Overton County
  11. Overton window

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