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overwasted

overwasted adjective: wasted or worn out; consumed; spent.

Adjective

overwasted (comparative more overwasted, superlative most overwasted)

  1. (obsolete) Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent.
    • VVhen in the Tumult, vvith the ſudden Fright, / VVhilſt eu'ry one for Safetie ſought about, / And none regarded to maintaine the Light, / VVhich being ouer-vvaſted, vvas gone out, / It being then the mid time of the Night, / […] / The Queene alone (at leaſt, if any neare) / They vvere her VVomen...1630, Michael Drayton, “The Barons Warres. In the Reigne of Edward the Second. The Sixt Canto.”, in Poems: […], London: […] Willi[am] Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, →OCLC, stanza 73, page 148

Forms of overwasted

comparativemore overwasted
superlativemost overwasted

Origin of overwasted

From over- + wasted.

Questions about overwasted

What does overwasted mean?
Overwasted means wasted or worn out; consumed; spent.
What part of speech is overwasted?
Overwasted is an adjective.

Words near overwasted in the dictionary

  1. overwary
  2. overwash
  3. overwashed
  4. overwashes
  5. overwashing
  6. overwasted
  7. overwatch
  8. overwatch'd
  9. overwatched
  10. overwatcher
  11. overwatchers

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