overtask
Britishverb
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It would overtask my poor faculty of description, to give my reader even a faint picture of this rugged battle-field.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
Not to reveal too much, and not to tire curiosity or overtask belief, was his daily labour.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Robert was not really weary, at least the spirit uplifted him, though he knew that he must not overtask the body.
From The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Meanwhile Tom and his party, pursuing their journey by easy stages, for they sensibly determined not to overtask their strength, reached at last the spot of which Russell had spoken.
From The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California by Horatio Alger
"Do not overtask yourself," warned Poutrincourt, pausing beside the thin, pale-faced man who knelt in the long shadows of the rainy dawn among his neatly-arranged plots.
From Days of the Discoverers by Florence Choate
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