OVERCHARGE

v. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
v.

To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.

3.
v.

To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

4.
v.

To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description. Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.

5.
v.

To make excessive charges.

6.
n.

An excessive load or burden.

7.
n.

An excessive charge in an account.


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