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Overlaboring

Overlabor \O`ver*la"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaboring.]

  1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.
    --Dryden.

  2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.