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Webster 1913 Edition


Overcharge

Oˊver-charge′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is
overcharged
with consonants.
Addison.
3.
To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
4.
To exaggerate;
as, to
overcharge
a description
.
Overcharged mine
.
(Mil.)
See
Globe of compression
, under
Globe
.

Oˊver-charge′

,
Verb.
I.
To make excessive charges.

O′ver-chargeˊ

,
Noun.
1.
An excessive load or burden.
2.
An excessive charge in an account.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overcharge

OVERCH'ARGE

, v.t.
1.
To charge or load to excess; to cloy; to oppress.
The heavy load of abundance with which we overcharge nature -
2.
To crowd too much.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
3.
To burden.
4.
To fill to excess; to surcharge; as, to overcharge the memory.
5.
To load with too great a charge, as a gun.
6.
To charge too much; to enter in an account more than is just.