Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To harass with toil.
- To execute with too much care.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.
- transitive verb To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.
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Examples
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Conservatives are, not to overlabor the obvious, marginalized in the cultural elite, even though they are powerful in the political elite.
Crooked Timber Michael Bérubé 2010
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