English

Alternative forms

• overlabor

Verb

overlabour ‎(third-person singular simple present overlabours, present participle overlabouring, simple past and past participle overlaboured)

1. (transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.

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2. (transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.