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ˌoverˈtorture, v.
[over- 25, 27.]
trans. To overcome with torture; to torture beyond endurance. Hence ˌoverˈtortured ppl. a.
c1590Marlowe Faust. Wks. (Rtldg.) 133/2 This ever-burning chair Is for o'er-tortur'd souls to rest them in. 1818Byron Mazeppa xiii, O'ertortured by that ghastly ride, I felt the blackness come and go. 1896Black Briseis xx, To gain some quiet for his overtortured spirit. |