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Overweary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. So weary as to be totally exhausted.

v. To tire out utterly; exhaust.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To weary too much; to tire out.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To weary too much; to tire out.

adj. Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To exhaust with fatigue; tire out.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. tire excessively

Word Usage

"As for the attempt of Veragua, or Signior PEZORO'S house by land, by marching through the woods; he liked not of, lest it might overweary his men by continual labour; whom he studied to refresh and strengthen for his next service forenamed."

Verb Form

overwearied overwearying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wear down jade wear out fag out tire fatigue outwear fag weary tire out

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

exhausted