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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. So weary as to be totally exhausted.
  2. v. To tire out utterly; exhaust.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To exhaust with fatigue; tire out.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To weary too much; to tire out.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To weary too much; to tire out.
  2. adj. Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. tire excessively

Examples

  • “As for the attempt of Veragua, or Signior PEZORO'S house by land, by marching through the woods; he liked not of, lest it might overweary his men by continual labour; whom he studied to refresh and strengthen for his next service forenamed.”

    Sir Francis Drake Revived

  • “Washington's face never betrayed him, but a glad look came to the overweary eyes.”

    Then Marched the Brave

  • “Send me this good horse to the stables, sahib; I am overweary.”

    Rung Ho

  • “He was somewhat overweary after a strenuous year; but to Dartmoor he always came for health and rest when opportunity offered, and now he had returned for the third time to the Duchy Hotel at”

    The Red Redmaynes

  • “As for the attempt of Veragua, or Signior PEZORO’S house by land, by marching through the woods; he liked not of, lest it might overweary his men by continual labour; whom he studied to refresh and strengthen for his next service forenamed.”

    Sir Francis Drake Revived. Paras. 200-292

  • “Sahib," I said, considering his words as a cook tastes curry, "our men be overweary to have fight in them.”

    Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders

  • “They began to doze at intervals, -- keeping their canoe balanced in some automatic way, -- as cavalry soldiers, overweary, ride asleep in the saddle.”

    Two Years in the French West Indies

  • “And often as he failed he would not be overweary; and once, when he was staying at Nuremberg and tidings came from Venice that a certain German who might be Herdegen was dwelling a slave at Joppa, he made ready to set forth for that place to ransom him forthwith.”

    Margery — Volume 06

  • “And often as he failed he would not be overweary; and once, when he was staying at Nuremberg and tidings came from Venice that a certain”

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works

  • “_) I am overweary for the road; let Simwa find it.”

    The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts

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