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Webster 1913 Edition


Overburn

Oˊver-burn′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To burn too much; to be overzealous.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overburn

OVERBURN'

,
Verb.
T.
To burn too much.

Definition 2024


overburn

overburn

English

Verb

overburn (third-person singular simple present overburns, present participle overburning, simple past and past participle overburned or overburnt)

  1. (transitive) To burn too much or for too long.
  2. (transitive, computing) To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc).
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To be overzealous.