overglutv.
/ˌəʊvəˈɡlʌt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡlət/ transitive. To glut to excess; to overfill; to oversupply.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > excessively
overchargea1325
plaster1546
cumulate1570
load1577
overglut1586
oversupply1865
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to excess
overfillOE
overchargea1325
cark1330
overfulfila1450
glut1471
overheap1549
accloy1581
overglut1586
superonerate1607
obsaturate1623
overstuff1715
1586 J. Horsey & G. Trenchard Let. in H. Foley Rec. Eng. Province Soc. of Jesus (1878) III. 431 Our gaols do now grow to be over-glutted with recusants.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iv. 5 By that occasion the eare is ouerglutted with it.
1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours (1879) 9 While epicures are over~glut, I ly and starue for foode.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 108 Some caution is to be had that by too much water you do not chill or over-glut the ground.
1711 H. Liddell in E. Hughes N. Country Life in 18th Cent. (1952) v. 197 Shippers have overglutted the market.
1814 Sulieman i. v, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 18 The sword O'erglutted with the blood of Hassem's friends.
1852 H. Murray Encycl. Geogr. 333 Its [sc. indigo's] culture was carried too far, and the market was overglutted with the commodity.
1870 One Hundred Years' Progress of U.S. 60 For the last three years the price of wool has been less and the market over-glutted with mutton.
1992 USA Today (Nexis) 8 July d1 His company's rebirth..has led him and others to overglut the market with a new slate of soaps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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