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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERCH'ARGE, v.t.
1. To charge or load to excess; to cloy; to oppress.
The heavy load of abundance with which we overcharge nature -
2. To crowd too much.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
3. To burden.
4. To fill to excess; to surcharge; as, to overcharge the memory.
5. To load with too great a charge, as a gun.
6. To charge too much; to enter in an account more than is just.
OVERCHARGE, n.
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. A charge in an account of more than is just.
3. A charge beyond what is proper.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to charge too much or too fully 2. to fill too full 3. exaggerate, overdraw intransitive verb to make an excessive charge • overcharge noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a charge too high a price to (a person) or for (a thing). b charge (a specified sum) beyond the right price. 2 put too much charge into (a battery, gun, etc.). 3 put exaggerated or excessive detail into (a description, picture, etc.). --n. an excessive charge (of explosive, money, etc.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overcharge O`ver*charge", v. t. [Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.] 1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. --Addison. 3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price. 4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description. Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overcharge O`ver*charge", v. i. To make excessive charges.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overcharge O"ver*charge`, n. [Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.] 1. An excessive load or burden. 2. An excessive charge in an account.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(overcharges, overcharging, overcharged) If someone overcharges you, they charge you too much for their goods or services. If you feel a taxi driver has overcharged you, say so... VERB: V n • overcharging ...protests of overcharging and harsh treatment of small businesses.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

o-ver-charj': Lu 21:34, "lest haply your hearts be overcharged with drunkenness" (baruno, "burden," here with the force "be occupied with"); 2Co 2:5, the King James Version "that I may not overcharge you" (epibareo, "overload"), the Revised Version (British and American) "that I press not too heavily."

See CHARGES.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Burden, oppress, surcharge, overload, overburden. 2. Crowd, overfill. 3. Exaggerate, overstate, overstrain, overlay with ornament.

Moby Thesaurus

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