释义 |
overply, v.|ˌəʊvəˈplaɪ| [over- 27.] trans. To ply or exercise too much; to exhaust by too much exercise. So ˈoverˈplied ppl. a.
c1655Milton Sonn. Cyriack Skinner upon his Blindness, The conscience..to have lost them overply'd In libertyes defence. 1858Nat. Rev. Oct. 490 Her overplied strength worn down..by his children and the impossible problems of his house. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) II. xvi. 270 He overplied the idea of discipline. |