overwasted
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
overwasted (comparative more overwasted, superlative most overwasted)
- (obsolete) wasted or worn out; consumed; spent
- 1591–1619, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the page)”, in J[ohn] Payne Collier, editor, Poems by Michael Drayton. […], London: […] J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols and Sons, […] [for the Roxburghe Club], published 1856, →OCLC:
- Whilst every one for safety sought about,
And none regarded to maintain the light,
Which being over-wasted was gone out
References edit
“overwasted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.