overtask

British  

/ ˌəʊvəˈtɑːsk /

verb

1. (tr) to impose too heavy a task upon

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Example Sentences

Old barriers have disappeared; while new difficulties are being created, of a magnitude to overtask the faith of the strongest.

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Overtask, ō-vėr-task′, v.t. to task overmuch: to impose too heavy a task on.

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Outweigh, owt-wā′, v.t. to exceed in weight or importance: to overtask.

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Some hens are reluctant to give up sitting, and will hatch a second brood with evident pleasure; but it is cruel to overtask their strength and patience, and they are sure to suffer, more or less, from the unnatural exertion.

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A complete volume of pond lore would not only be a bulky book—much bigger than the aldermanic tomes which it is the fashion to call "Manuals," although the great stone fists in the British Museum would be required to grasp them comfortably,—but its composition would overtask all the philosophers of our day.

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