O`ver*strain" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Overstrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstraining.]
To strain one's self to excess.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.
O`ver*strain", v. t.
To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.
Ayliffe.
© Webster 1913.