overexert

[ oh-ver-ig-zurt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to exert excessively.

Other Words From

• o·ver·ex·ert·ed·ly adverb
• o·ver·ex·er·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overexert¹

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + exert

Example Sentences

Just make sure not overexert yourself during those infrequent exercise excursions, DiPietro says.

From Popular-Science

Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.

From Project Gutenberg

How nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.

From Project Gutenberg

He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not look like a man who would overexert himself for anything, and yet the air might have been cultivated and not natural.

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You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.

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