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overtoils

overtoils is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overtoils

What is overtoils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overtoils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overtoil.

Words near overtoils in the dictionary

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

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