Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. So weary as to be totally exhausted.
- transitive v. To tire out utterly; exhaust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To weary too much; to tire out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To weary too much; to tire out.
- adj. Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To exhaust with fatigue; tire out.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. tire excessively
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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Washington's face never betrayed him, but a glad look came to the overweary eyes.
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Send me this good horse to the stables, sahib; I am overweary.
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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
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As for the attempt of Veragua, or Signior PEZOROS 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.
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"Sahib," I said, considering his words as a cook tastes curry, "our men be overweary to have fight in them."
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They began to doze at intervals, -- keeping their canoe balanced in some automatic way, -- as cavalry soldiers, overweary, ride asleep in the saddle.
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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.
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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
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_) I am overweary for the road; let Simwa find it.
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