overmarch

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verb

To cause to march too far, or too often; to exhaust by marching.

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Meanings

verbovermarch (third-person singular simple present overmarches, present participle overmarching, simple past and past participle overmarched)

present singular third person overmarches · participle present overmarching · participle past overmarched · past overmarched

  1. transitiveTo cause to march too far, or too often; to exhaust by marching.

    They had been overmarched and underfed and they had been ruinously beaten by the Rebels. Someone would have to work on them before they would amount to much as fighting troops.

    1953, Bruce Catton, The army of the Potomac

Origin

From over- + march.

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APA

overmarch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmarch

MLA

“overmarch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmarch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmarch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmarch.

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