What does "overstrain" mean?
Overstrain: To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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