overexert

[ oh-ver-ig-zurt ]

/ ˌoʊ vər ɪgˈzɜrt /

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verb (used with object)

to exert excessively.

Origin of overexert

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + exert

OTHER WORDS FROM overexert

o·ver·ex·ert·ed·ly, adverbo·ver·ex·er·tion, noun

Words nearby overexert

overemphasize, overenthusiastic, overestimate, overexcite, overexcited, overexert, overexpansion, overexpose, overexposure, overexpress, overextend

Example sentences from the Web for overexert

You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.
Frank Merriwell's Cruise|Burt L. Standish
Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11|Friedrich Spielhagen
He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.
Vistas of New York|Brander Matthews
In Japan they go rather slowly, and refuse to overexert themselves, and quite right, too; but here they go at top speed.
Peking Dust|Ellen N. La Motte

How nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.
Elsie's Womanhood|Martha Finley