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excessive labour quotations examples
a disease which he had brought upon himself, by his over-labour at a Siege
1684, John Dryden, The History of the League, translation of Histoire de la Ligue by Louis Maimbourg
third-person singular simple present overlabours, present participle overlabouring, simple past and past participle overlaboured
(transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork. quotations examples
over-labour'd with so long a course,'Tis time to set at ease the smoking horse
1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
(transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly. examples