overweary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
overweary (third-person singular simple present overwearies, present participle overwearying, simple past and past participle overwearied)
- (transitive) To weary too much; to tire out.
- 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier:
- he hung down his head, as overwearied, and leaned upon his pulpit
Adjective[edit]
overweary (comparative more overweary, superlative most overweary)
References[edit]
- “overweary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.