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Webster 1913 Edition


Superstrain

Suˊper-strain′

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Verb.
T.
To overstrain.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Superstrain

SUPERSTRA'IN

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Verb.
T.
[super and strain.] To overstrain or stretch. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


superstrain

superstrain

English

Noun

superstrain (plural superstrains)

  1. A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

Verb

superstrain (third-person singular simple present superstrains, present participle superstraining, simple past and past participle superstrained)

  1. (obsolete) To overstrain.
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