overtask

British  

/ ˌəʊvəˈtɑːsk /

verb

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

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Example Sentences

I've just remembered that I'm an invalid and that if I overtask myself it will be a bad thing for McClellan to-morrow.

From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Five hundred circulating planetary bodies bridge the gap between Jupiter and Mars, the complete investigation of the movements of any one of which would overtask the energies of a lifetime.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

No duty could overtask him, No need his will outrun: Or ever our lips could ask him, His hands the work had done.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

The last part of the way is too steep and rough; you must be careful not to overtask your strength.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

Once he suggested to the surgeon that he had better examine the pulse of his patient, for he did not wish to overtask him in the investigation.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)