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Overcharge
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description. Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make excessive charges.