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Overcharge
(gcide) | Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
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1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
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3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
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4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
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5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
[PJC]
Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
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Overcharge
(gcide) | Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
To make excessive charges.
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Overcharge
(gcide) | Overcharge \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. Supercargo,
Supercharge.]
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1. An excessive load or burden.
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2. An excessive charge in an account.
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overcharge
(wn) | overcharge
n 1: a price that is too high
v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
2: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn:
overload, surcharge, overcharge] |
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Overcharge
(gcide) | Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
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3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
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4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
[PJC]
Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
To make excessive charges.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. Supercargo,
Supercharge.]
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1. An excessive load or burden.
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2. An excessive charge in an account.
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overcharged mine
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
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1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. To fill too full; to crowd.
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Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
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3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
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4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
[PJC]
Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
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Overcharged mine
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
[1913 Webster]
3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
[1913 Webster]
5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
[1913 Webster]
Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
[1913 Webster]Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. Supercharge,
Surcharge.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
[1913 Webster]
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a
fair rate or price.
[1913 Webster]
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Electricity) To charge (a battery) too much, so as to
cause damage.
[PJC]
Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under
Globe.
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