O`ver*do" (?), v. t. [imp. Overdid (?); p. p. Overdone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]

1.

To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak.

2.

To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

3.

To surpass; to excel.

[R.]

Tennyson.

4.

To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

 

© Webster 1913.


O`ver*do", v. i.

To labor too hard; to do too much.

 

© Webster 1913.

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