Historical Examples

• We have to be careful not to overfeed the guests, and yet we must be sure that they have enough to eat.

  Pond and Stream

  Arthur Ransome

• Why should I overdrink and overfeed myself and give my strength to follies?

  His Grace of Osmonde

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Blair shouted, "Lennard's a born hospital nurse, but he'll overfeed your patient."

  A Dream of the North Sea

  James Runciman

• The London public, he said, overfeed themselves with music; they cannot healthily digest the lengthy menu provided for them.

  Wagner as I Knew Him

  Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

• Manure well; but remember that it is possible to overfeed the soil of a garden, so as to render it unproductive.

  Soil Culture

  J. H. Walden