Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive fatigue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excessive fatigue carried beyond the normal recuperative power of the individual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
- noun Excessive fatigue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
fatigue toexcess ; totire out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tire excessively
Etymologies
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Examples
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They suggest improvements in conditions and are awake to signs of illness or overfatigue.
Women and War Work Helen Fraser
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It teaches you just how long a man can carry a musket in one position without overfatigue, just how hard it is to keep awake on sentry duty after an exhausting day's march.
Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter
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Undue irritation of the sexual organs causes disorder of the nervous system, and if continued it will result ultimately in overfatigue and failure of the nervous activities which control the normal functions of every organ in the body.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Beulah's excitement on these various counts, combined with indiscretions in the matter of overshoes and overfatigue, made her an easy victim to a wandering grip germ.
Turn About Eleanor F. Graham [Illustrator] Cootes
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Always overexcitement and overfatigue are to be avoided.
Problems of Conduct Durant Drake
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The doctor had discontinued calling, and said the attack was more of overfatigue from the march on Memorial Day than anything else.
Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose
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In general, overstrain of any kind tends to overfatigue.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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The normal man and woman should find no difficulty in having complete movements regularly two or three times a day by merely living a reasonable life, being careful especially to avoid overfatigue, to include sufficient bulk in the food, to take regular exercise, including, in particular, breathing exercises, and to maintain an erect carriage.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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But he should not force himself to eat beyond his natural capacity to digest and assimilate the food, while overfatigue and exhausting physical exertion should be carefully avoided.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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It might mean a temporary breakdown from overfatigue or a sickening for deadly illness.
The Shuttle 1907
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