overlade

Verb

(third-person singular simple present overlades, present participle overlading, simple past overladed, past participle overladed or overladen)

To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.

Origin

From Middle English overladen, equivalent to over- +‎ lade. Cognate with Dutch overladen (“to overlade, overload”), German überladen (“to overload, overburden”), Swedish överladda (“to overload, overcharge”).

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