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overlade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-lade
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

Etymology

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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Inflected Forms

overlades (present, singular) overlading (participle, present) overladed (past) overladed (participle, past) overladen (participle, past)

Questions

What does overlade mean?
To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.
Where does overlade come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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