over-heat

English

Verb

over-heat (third-person singular simple present over-heats, present participle over-heating, simple past and past participle over-heated)

1. Alternative form of overheat.
   • 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The problem was that the batteries only lasted for a few hours. If they were left on for longer they tended to over-heat and, eventually, to blow up, which is reportedly what happened when the diplomat forgot to turn off his calculator.