Etymology

overcark

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Today it means: To overcharge; overburden; harass. Full definition →

Middle English overcarken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromovercarken
  2. English todayovercark

From Middle English overcarken, equivalent to over- + cark (“to worry”). More at over-, cark.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.